Philosophy of science books

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Proclus: A Commentary on the First Book of Euclid's Elements

Proclus: A Commentary on the First Book of Euclid's...

Author: Proclus ,  Glenn R. Morrow
ISBN: 9780691020907
Format: Paperback
$115.00

A translation of Proclus's exposition of Euclid's methods and principles. This primary source for the history of...  Read More >>

Beyond Modularity: A Developmental Perspective on Cognitive Science

Beyond Modularity: A Developmental Perspective on Cognitive...

Author: Annette Karmiloff-Smith, PhD
ISBN: 9780262111690
Format: Hardback
$165.00

Taking a stand midway between Piaget's constructivism and Fodor's nativism, Annette Karmiloff-Smith offers an exciting...  Read More >>

Evolutionary Humanism

Evolutionary Humanism

Author: Julian S. Huxley
ISBN: 9780879757786
Format: Paperback
$36.99

A collection of essays, covering a range of fields, from Darwinism and the global population explosion to bird watching,...  Read More >>

Scientific Enterprise: The Bar-Hillel Colloquium

Scientific Enterprise: The Bar-Hillel Colloquium

Author: Edna Ullmann-Margalit
ISBN: 9780792319924
Format: Hardback
$498.96

The essays and commentaries presented here are intended to strike a balance between the disciplines to which the...  Read More >>

The Founders of Evolutionary Genetics: A Centenary Reappraisal

The Founders of Evolutionary Genetics: A Centenary Reappraisal...

Author: S. Sarkar ,  R.S. Cohen
ISBN: 9780792317777
Format: Hardback
$578.16

"" Crow's reasons for considering these four figures together and the reasons discussed above are complementary....  Read More >>

The Dynamics of Ambiguity

The Dynamics of Ambiguity

Author: G. Caglioti
ISBN: 9783540520207
Format: Hardback
$319.44

By using the concept of broken symmetries, this book enlightens the similarities between the process of creation...  Read More >>

Particles and Waves: Historical Essays in the Philosophy of Science

Particles and Waves: Historical Essays in the Philosophy...

Author: Achinstein
ISBN: 9780195067552
Format: Paperback
$133.05

This volume brings together eleven essays by the distinguished philosopher of science, Peter Achinstein. The unifying...  Read More >>

The State of Nature: Ecology, Community, and American Social Thought, 1900-1950

The State of Nature: Ecology, Community, and American...

Author: Gregg Mitman
ISBN: 9780226532370
Format: Paperback
$92.40

Although science may claim to be ""objective,"" scientists cannot avoid the influence of their own values on their...  Read More >>

Out of the Earth

Out of the Earth

Author: Daniel Hillel
ISBN: 9780520080805
Format: Paperback
$64.50

As the crucible of life, the source and final resting place of everything that grows, soil inspires reverence in...  Read More >>

Economics--Mathematical Politics or Science of Diminishing Returns?

Economics--Mathematical Politics or Science of Diminishing...

Author: Alexander Rosenberg (Duke University)
ISBN: 9780226727233
Format: Hardback
$142.56

Economics today cannot predict the likely outcome of specific events any better than it could in the time of Adam...  Read More >>

The State of Nature: Ecology, Community, and American Social Thought, 1900-1950

The State of Nature: Ecology, Community, and American...

Author: Gregg Mitman
ISBN: 9780226532363
Format: Hardback
$203.95

Although science may claim to be ""objective,"" scientists cannot avoid the influence of their own values on their...  Read More >>

The Invention of Physical Science: Intersections of Mathematics, Theology and Natural Philosophy Since the Seventeenth Century Essays in Honor of Erwin N. Hiebert

The Invention of Physical Science: Intersections of...

Author: M.J. Nye ,  J. Richards
ISBN: 9780792317531
Format: Hardback
$641.52

Modern physical science is constituted by specialized scientific fields rooted in experimental laboratory work...  Read More >>

Selbstorganisation: Jahrbuch Fur Komplexitat in Den Natur-, Sozial- Und Geisteswissenschaften. Band 3 (1992). Konzepte Von Chaos Und Selbstorganisation in Der Geschichte Der Wissenschaften

Selbstorganisation: Jahrbuch Fur Komplexitat in Den...

Author: Gunter Kuppers ,  Hans-Jurgen Krug
ISBN: 9783428075157
Format: Paperback
$345.84

Wolfgang Krohn, Giinter Kiippers Selbstorganisation steht heute als umfassender Begriff fUr eine Reihe von Konzepten,...  Read More >>

A Scientist's Voice in American Culture: Simon Newcomb and the Rhetoric of Scientific Method

A Scientist's Voice in American Culture: Simon Newcomb...

Author: Albert E. Moyer
ISBN: 9780520076891
Format: Hardback
$104.95

A study of Simon Newcomb - nation's most celebrated scientist in the United States in the late 19th century. It...  Read More >>

The Cognitive Paradigm

The Cognitive Paradigm

Author: Marc De Mey
ISBN: 9780226142593
Format: Paperback
$56.95

In this study of the cognitive paradigm, De Mey applies the study of computer models of human perception to the...  Read More >>

The Language of Science: A Study of the Relationship between Literature and Science in the Perspective of a Hermeneutical Ontology. With a Case Study of Darwin's The Origin of Species

The Language of Science: A Study of the Relationship...

Author: Ilse N. Bulhof
ISBN: 9789004096448
Format: Hardback
$385.44

Using Darwin's The Origin of Species as a casepoint, this book shows that the language of scientists does remain...  Read More >>

Kant’s Transcendental Deduction: An Analysis of Main Themes in His Critical Philosophy

Kant’s Transcendental Deduction: An Analysis of Main...

Author: R.C. Howell
ISBN: 9780792315711
Format: Hardback
$776.16

In his new book, Robert Howell interprets main themes of the Deduction using ideas from contemporary philosophy...  Read More >>

Inhibition: History and Meaning in the Sciences of Mind and Brain

Inhibition: History and Meaning in the Sciences of Mind...

Author: Roger Smith
ISBN: 9780520075801
Format: Hardback
$158.40

Traces theories of inhibitory control from the moralistic psychologies of the early 19th-century to the 20th-century...  Read More >>

The Mystery of Physical Life

The Mystery of Physical Life

Author: Elliot L Grant Watson
ISBN: 9780940262539
Format: Paperback
$39.99

E. L. Grant Watson, an English field naturalist, zoologist, and one of England's best-loved nature writers, spent...  Read More >>

Explaining Buyer Behavior: Central Concepts and Philosophy of Science Issues

Explaining Buyer Behavior: Central Concepts and Philosophy...

Author: John O'Shaughnessy (Professor of Marketing, Professor of Marketing, Graduate School of Business, Columbia University)
ISBN: 9780195071085
Format: Hardback
$200.15

This volume provides the fundamentals needed to understand the various explanatory systems and methodologies used...  Read More >>

Understanding Science

Understanding Science

Author: Arthur Strahler
ISBN: 9780879757243
Format: Hardback
$65.99

Humanity reaps the various advantages of science while bemoaning the frequent misapplications and abuses of modern...  Read More >>

The Space of Mathematics: Philosophical, Epistemological, and Historical Explorations

The Space of Mathematics: Philosophical, Epistemological,...

Author: Javier Echeverria ,  Andoni Ibarra
ISBN: 9783110132496
Format: Hardback
$810.48

No detailed description available for ""The Space of Mathematics"".  Read More >>

Aristotle's Physics and Its Medieval Varieties

Aristotle's Physics and Its Medieval Varieties

Author: Helen S. Lang
ISBN: 9780791410844
Format: Paperback
$51.48

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