Philosophy of science books

The author sees the history of Western science as the history of a vision and an argument, initiated by the ancient...  Read More >>

BACKGROUND: DEPARTMENTS, SPECIALIZATION, AND PROFESSIONALIZATION IN AMERICAN HIGHER EDUCATION For over half of its...  Read More >>

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This volume constitutes the proceedings of the third biennial conference of the International Society for Theoretical...  Read More >>

These original essays explore the philosophical implications of Newton's work.  Read More >>

The general treatment of problems connected with the causal conditioning of phenomena has traditionally been the...  Read More >>

The scope of this book can be described best as a compilation of papers presented to an imaginary interdisciplinary...  Read More >>

A book which explains the special theory of relativity from a rationalist viewpoint. While they do not neglect experiment,...  Read More >>

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This book explains the Special Theory from a rationalist point of view. As such it looks at the logical structures...  Read More >>

A consideration of whether scientific knowledge is objective and universal or socially mediated, whether scientific...  Read More >>

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Examines the origins of d'Alembert's philosophical ideas, and shows how abstract concepts such as force and mass...  Read More >>

A wide-ranging interdisciplinary study of the evolving concept of laws of Nature. From the magical notions of primitive...  Read More >>

This study examines the proposition that ""information"" is as much a part of the physical universe as energy and...  Read More >>

Keine ausführliche Beschreibung für ""Termini zwischen wahrer Natur und willkürlicher Bezeichnung"" verfügbar.  Read More >>

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N. Katherine Hayles here investigates parallels between contemporary literature and critical theory and the science...  Read More >>

A collection of essays by the leading French thinker  Read More >>

This lucidly written book examines the social and political significance of the natural sciences through a detailed...  Read More >>

Includes essays on science as an integral part of the culture of our age.  Read More >>

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Whenever a thing changes, however slightly, it becomes in some ways unlike it was. But how can anything be both...  Read More >>

Lovelock presents the theory that the earth is a living organism and draws expertly from chemistry, biology, geology,...  Read More >>

Given the prevailing consensus among cosmologists that the universe had its beginning approximately 15 billion years...  Read More >>