Philosophy of science books

This book reconstructs the kalām theories of matter, space, and void in the tenth and eleventh centuries A.D., using...  Read More >>

This portrait of the controversial figure, Francis Bacon (1561-1626), aims to balance his outward life and actions...  Read More >>

Scholarly studies of mathematics and the sciences, carried out by philos­ ophers and historians in Taiwan in recent...  Read More >>

Current environmental problems and technological risks are a challenge for a new institutional arrangement of the...  Read More >>

This work approaches Marxism from the perspective of the philosophy of science. Helen Sheehan aims to illuminate...  Read More >>

The essays included here represent Fox Keller's attempts to integrate the insights of feminist theory with those...  Read More >>

"For the past twenty-five years John Moore has taught biology instructors how to teach biology--by emphasizing the...  Read More >>

This broad overview of contemporary philosophy of physics provides a clear and accurate guide to the key topics:...  Read More >>

'...a thoughtful, sustained reflection....a valuable contribution to the growing literature in the philosophy or...  Read More >>

In this volume, Tierney identifies convenience as the value of central importance to the development of modern technical...  Read More >>

These essays reveal the sexual and racial preconceptions which affect the way that science is practised today. History...  Read More >>

Considers the ""family-of-origin"" approach to the psychiatric counselling of adults in marital, family and individual...  Read More >>

Deals with the general sociology of mathematics. This book provides examples of different ways of thinking about...  Read More >>

The strongest of the new contenders for epistemological recognition are social constructivists, who analyze in detail...  Read More >>

Edited by technopolitical philosopher Langdon Winner, it assembles an impressive collection of philosophers and...  Read More >>

Ever since Euclid's ancient geometry, we have thought of bodies occupying parts of this space (including our own...  Read More >>

In this book, I deal with some fundamental problems of the Hegelian dialectic. Becker's thinking, from an external...  Read More >>

Uncommon Sense is an innovative and lively examination of science and its historical development as an unnatural...  Read More >>

This book in the philosophy of law and risk assessment is concerned with the topic is standards of evidence in legal...  Read More >>

Thought experiments are performed in the laboratory of the mind. Beyond this metaphor it is difficult to say just...  Read More >>

The inaugural volume of the Pitt-Konstanz series, devoted to the work of philosopher Adolf Grunbaum, encompasses...  Read More >>

The study of the physical world had its origins in philosophy, and, two-and-one-half millennia later, the scientific...  Read More >>

Philip Kitcher resurrects notions of objectivity and progress in science by identifying both the limitations of...  Read More >>

How does one explain the concept of 'explanation'? The attempts of Plato, Aristotle, Mill and Hempel are here examined,...  Read More >>

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