Philosophy of science

This book explores the history of gravity, from Aristotle to Einstein, as a detailed case study for explaining scientific method for non-specialists.

Combining classic philosophical ideas with groundbreaking recent developments in ontology, Lawson proposes a new ontology of technology, spanning several disciplines.

Letters from 1876, when Darwin published Cross and Self Fertilisation in the Vegetable Kingdom and began writing Forms of Flowers.

This book formulates a relativistic theory of biology, challenging the common gene-centred view of organisms.

This book formulates a relativistic theory of biology, challenging the common gene-centred view of organisms.

This volume critically examines the work of three eminent twentieth-century philosophers, Carnap, Quine, and Putnam, engaging with and developing their answers to key methodological questions.

This volume critically examines the work of three eminent twentieth-century philosophers, Carnap, Quine, and Putnam, engaging with and developing their answers to key methodological questions.

This volume explores the questions and answers surrounding the ''secret of life'', combining approaches from the sciences, philosophy and theology, including the emerging discipline of astrobiology.

This volume explores the questions and answers surrounding the ''secret of life'', combining approaches from the sciences, philosophy and theology, including the emerging discipline of astrobiology.

This book offers eight different perspectives on the concept of foresight, investigating its ability to both predict and change the future.

This book offers eight different perspectives on the concept of foresight, investigating its ability to both predict and change the future.

Offers an accessible yet cutting-edge tour of the many conceptual interconnections between physics and computer science.

Analyses the ongoing scientific debates surrounding reduction and emergence, arguing that these debates are empirically resolvable.

Analyses the ongoing scientific debates surrounding reduction and emergence, arguing that these debates are empirically resolvable.

This book tells the dramatic story of Crispr and the potential impact of this gene-editing technology.

An engaging defence and critique of the various arguments from both science and religion on the fine-tuning of the Universe.

A collaboration between distinguished physicists and philosophers of physics, this important anthology surveys the deep implications of Bell''s nonlocality theorem.

A collaboration between distinguished physicists and philosophers of physics, this important anthology surveys the deep implications of Bell''s nonlocality theorem.

A novel account of distributive justice which takes advances in the biomedical sciences and global aging seriously.

A novel account of distributive justice which takes advances in the biomedical sciences and global aging seriously.

This book is Ellery Eells'' influential examination and analysis of theories of rational decision making.

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This influential book offers a probabilistic approach to scientific reasoning to resolve central issues in the philosophy of science.

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This book is Ellery Eells'' influential examination and analysis of theories of rational decision making.

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This influential book offers a probabilistic approach to scientific reasoning to resolve central issues in the philosophy of science.

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

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

Letters from 1875, when Darwin published Insectivorous plants and began work on Cross and self fertilisation in the vegetable kingdom.

Letters from 1875, when Darwin published Insectivorous plants and began work on Cross and self fertilisation in the vegetable kingdom.

This book argues that evolution arises from the activities of organisms as agents, not from the replication of genes.

This book argues that evolution arises from the activities of organisms as agents, not from the replication of genes.

This book is an exploration of the fundamental metaphysical problems of substance, space and time.

This influential book discusses the nature of mathematical discovery, development, methodology and practice, forming Imre Lakatos''s theory of ''proofs and refutations''.

Addresses central questions concerning conditionals by combining the methods of formal epistemology with those of cognitive psychology.

First comprehensive collection of Feyerabend''s philosophy of quantum physics, the hotbed of all key issues of his most debated ideas.

This book is an exploration of the fundamental metaphysical problems of substance, space and time.

This influential book discusses the nature of mathematical discovery, development, methodology and practice, forming Imre Lakatos''s theory of ''proofs and refutations''.

Addresses central questions concerning conditionals by combining the methods of formal epistemology with those of cognitive psychology.

First comprehensive collection of Feyerabend''s philosophy of quantum physics, the hotbed of all key issues of his most debated ideas.

This is the first book-length introductory analysis of the concept of a created scientific controversy.

This is the first book-length introductory analysis of the concept of a created scientific controversy.

Proposes an interdisciplinary framework for understanding human desires and fears, derived from sexual selection during evolution, as motivators of behaviour.

An original interpretation of the connection between idealism, history and nationalism in Fichte''s general philosophical, educational and moral project.

Proposes an interdisciplinary framework for understanding human desires and fears, derived from sexual selection during evolution, as motivators of behaviour.

An original interpretation of the connection between idealism, history and nationalism in Fichte''s general philosophical, educational and moral project.