Philosophy of science

A balanced and accessible introduction to the engagements that feminist scientists and science scholars undertake with a variety of biological sciences.

On the road toward a history of turbulence, this book focuses on what the actors in this research field have identified as the "e;turbulence problem"e;.

This book explores facets of Otto Neugebauer's career, his impact on the history and practice of mathematics, and the ways in which his legacy has been preserved or transformed in recent decades, looking ahead to the directions in which the study of the history of science will head in the twenty-first century.

Over the past 20 years, the role of phenotypic plasticity in Darwinian evolution has become a hotly debated topic among biologists and philosophers of science.

Recently the scholarly community and popular media have highlighted the denial of science by conservative Christians, linking a low view of scientific expertise to the United States' current cultural turmoil.

This book presents the first English translation of the original French treatise "e;La Physique d'Einstein"e;  written by the young Georges Lemaitre in 1922, only six years after the publication of Albert Einstein's theory of General Relativity.

This book explores the rich and deep interplay between mathematics and physics one century after David Hilbert's works from 1891 to 1933, published by Springer in six volumes.

This volume presents discussions on a wide range of topics focused on eco-phenomenology and the interdisciplinary investigation of contemporary environmental thought.

Science and Culture: Lisa Jardine, Jean Michel Massing and Simon Schaffer is a collection of interviews that are being published as a book for the first time.

Causation: The Basics explores questions about what causes are, and how we come to know them, describe them, and put them to use.

This book, first published 1931, examines the attitudes surrounding the natural sciences at the time of writing, and contends that an unreflective belief in the power of science, and especially in humanity's capacity to turn such knowledge to noble ends, could lead to catastrophic results for human civilisation.

First published in 1972, Philosophical Tasks was written to identify and examine some central themes in contemporary Anglo-American philosophy.

The philosophy of biology should move to the center of the philosophy of science - a place it has not been accorded since the time of Mach.

The book is an expanded autobiography of the famous theoretical physicist Isaak Khalatnikov.

This volume brings together the lectures presented at the 5th Metaphysics of Science Workshop held from June 2 to 3, 2005, in Ghent, Belgium.

What does it mean to think with images?

Ever since the inception of economics over two hundred years ago, the tools at the discipline's disposal have grown more and more more sophisticated.

A comprehensive and accessible introduction to all aspects of decision theory, now with new and updated discussions and over 140 exercises.

In Basic Structures of Reality, Colin McGinn deals with questions of metaphysics, epistemology, and philosophy of mind from the vantage point of physics.

This is one of the most comprehensive collections of critical essays to be published on the philosophy of Karl Popper.

Richards surveys the history of thinking about species to understand the origin of the problem, and provides an innovative solution.

This book on the life and work of Josef Schachter, member of the Vienna Circle and Rabbi, covers all writings of his Viennese period until 1938.

There is widespread agreement that something must be done to combat anthropogenic climate change.

Unravelling the Mystery of the Atomic Nucleus is a history of atomic and nuclear physics.

What is time?

The Element explicates key philosophical concepts related to neuroscience and applies them to accessible examples of neuroscience findings.

"e;In this engaging book, Axe uses 'common science' to consider the biggest mystery: To what or to whom do we owe our existence?

This book introduces readers to the application of evolutionary ideas to moral thinking and justification, presenting contrasting perspectives on controversial issues.

This volume offers an integrated understanding of how the theory of general relativity gained momentum after Einstein had formulated it in 1915.

This volume is dedicated to questions about the nature and method of metaphysics in Classical German Philosophy.

During the Iraq War, American soldiers were sent to both fight an enemy and to recover a "e;failed state"e; in pixelated camouflage uniforms, accompanied by robots, and armed with satellite maps and biometric hand-held scanners.

Albert Einstein (1879-1955) was the most influential physicist of the 20th century.

Nobel Laureate Leon N.

This book represents a journey through the history of science in regards to the concept of time, specifically, the question as to whether it is absolute, relative, or irreversible.

Boylan and O'Gorman inject a fresh empiricist voice into the recent debates in economic methodology.

Probability: A Philosophical Introduction introduces and explains the principal concepts and applications of probability.

As both an early disciple of and influence on Freud, Wilhelm Stekel enjoyed a unique position within the analytic movement.

Virtues have become a valuable and relevant resource for understanding modern science and technology.

This book offers a readable introduction to the main aspects of thought experimenting in philosophy and science (together with related imaginative activities in mathematics and linguistics).

An account and technical assessment of Marx''s economic analysis in Capital and other documents.

Why is understanding causation so important in philosophy and the sciences?

This book is uniquely about the relationship between the optical telescope and astronomy as they developed together.

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Brian Skyrms presents a set of influential essays on the nature of quantity, probability, coherence, and induction.

This book is based upon the collaborative efforts of the Ontogenetics Process Group (OPG) - an interdisciplinary, multi-institutional, multi-national research group that began meeting in 2017 to explore new and innovative ways of thinking the problem of complexity in living, physical, and social systems outside the algorithmic models that have dominated paradigms of complexity to date.