Philosophy of science books

A collection of 22 articles intended not only to explore a range of scientific topics, but to engage readers in...  Read More >>

Killing Time is the story of Paul Feyerabend's life. Trained in physics and astronomy, Feyerabend was best known...  Read More >>

This new survey looks at the debate created by modern science's foundation in experimental and mathematical method....  Read More >>

A history of the Darwinian revolution that attempts to comprehend the deeper evolutionary significance of fossil...  Read More >>

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Naturalism in Mathematics investigates how the most fundamental assumptions of mathematics can be justified. One...  Read More >>

The articles in this first volume of ARCHIMEDES explicitly and intentionally cross boundaries between science and...  Read More >>

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Issues covered in this collection of essays include: the nature of physical laws; the basic entities that we can...  Read More >>

Feminism, Science, and the Philosophy of Science brings together original essays by both feminist and mainstream...  Read More >>

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The philosophy of science movement is in disarray. The collapse of logical empiricism, and the rise of historicism...  Read More >>

This collection of essays ranges from phenomenological descriptions of the beautiful in science, to analytical explorations...  Read More >>

Here, for the first time in English, are the philosophical essays—including the first statement of the “Duhem Thesis”—that...  Read More >>

Establishes a historical framework for the study of logical empiricism. The articles challenge the idea that logical...  Read More >>

Based on his famous final year undergraduate lectures on theoretical physics, Bohm presents the theory of relativity...  Read More >>

Investigates the appeal of quantification in the modern world. This book discusses the development of cultural meanings...  Read More >>

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"Robin Dunbar asks whether science really is unique to Western culture, even to humankind. He suggests that our...  Read More >>

Whereas most readers are familiar with Goethe as a poet and dramatist, few are familiar with his scientific work....  Read More >>

If anything is endangered in America it is our experience of wild nature--gross contact. There is knowledge only...  Read More >>

Introduces readers to probability paradoxes, the attacks on the Big Bang Theory, and Marianne Williamson's success...  Read More >>

This is the first full discussion of Philoponus' account of matter. It is shown here that philosophical problems...  Read More >>

An anthology of contemporary philosophy of science in Spain. Essays on 19th Century physics, the new cosmology,...  Read More >>