Philosophy of science

This book presents and defends an interpretation of the precautionary principle from the perspective of philosophy of science.

This book redevelops an important movement in philosophy for the first time, exploring the ways in which three of the greatest thinkers are connected.

Exploring connections between Cavendish''s science, literature, and politics, Walters challenges the view that Cavendish''s thought was characterised by conservative royalism.

Using an integrated philosophical and historical approach, this book explores the fundamental shift in understandings of space in the scientific revolution.

Nobel Laureate Leon N.

This revised edition contains a wide range of Newton''s writings that have influenced the development of philosophy in modern Europe.

An explanation and defence of evidential decision theory, which emphasises the symptomatic value of options over their causal role.

This book argues, partly through detailed case studies, for the importance of causal reasoning in physics.

This book argues, partly through detailed case studies, for the importance of causal reasoning in physics.

This book presents and defends an interpretation of the precautionary principle from the perspective of philosophy of science.

This book redevelops an important movement in philosophy for the first time, exploring the ways in which three of the greatest thinkers are connected.

Exploring connections between Cavendish''s science, literature, and politics, Walters challenges the view that Cavendish''s thought was characterised by conservative royalism.

Using an integrated philosophical and historical approach, this book explores the fundamental shift in understandings of space in the scientific revolution.

Nobel Laureate Leon N.

This revised edition contains a wide range of Newton''s writings that have influenced the development of philosophy in modern Europe.

An explanation and defence of evidential decision theory, which emphasises the symptomatic value of options over their causal role.

The purpose of this book is to give a coherent account of the different perspectives on science and technology that are normally studied under various disciplinary heads such as philosophy of science, sociology of science and science policy.

An authoritative scientific history of a world-leading physics laboratory from its origins in the late nineteenth century to the present day.

This collection exhibits and confirms the originality, range and the essential unity of his work.

Examines how the philosophy of biology has evolved to our current understanding.

An authoritative scientific history of a world-leading physics laboratory from its origins in the late nineteenth century to the present day.

Biological diversity - or 'biodiversity' - is the degree of variation of life within an ecosystem.

Biological diversity - or 'biodiversity' - is the degree of variation of life within an ecosystem.

This book addresses the logical aspects of the foundations of scientific theories.

This book addresses the logical aspects of the foundations of scientific theories.

Science and Psychology provides a comprehensive introduction to the structure and characteristics of scientific explanation, using examples from a variety of sciences to illuminate the scientific approach taken in psychology.

Science and Psychology provides a comprehensive introduction to the structure and characteristics of scientific explanation, using examples from a variety of sciences to illuminate the scientific approach taken in psychology.

As a discipline, social work needs an inclusive metatheory for both research and practice that goes beyond positivism and constructivism.

As a discipline, social work needs an inclusive metatheory for both research and practice that goes beyond positivism and constructivism.

The philosophy of science proposes criteria to delineate true science and a theory to explain its progress.

The philosophy of science proposes criteria to delineate true science and a theory to explain its progress.

This collection presents the first sustained examination of the nature and status of the idea of principles in early modern thought.

This collection presents the first sustained examination of the nature and status of the idea of principles in early modern thought.

Philosophy for Everyone begins by explaining what philosophy is before exploring the questions and issues at the foundation of this important subject.

Philosophy for Everyone begins by explaining what philosophy is before exploring the questions and issues at the foundation of this important subject.

Fundamental Causation addresses issues in the metaphysics of deterministic singular causation, the metaphysics of events, property instances, facts, preventions, and omissions, as well as the debate between causal reductionists and causal anti-reductionists.

Fundamental Causation addresses issues in the metaphysics of deterministic singular causation, the metaphysics of events, property instances, facts, preventions, and omissions, as well as the debate between causal reductionists and causal anti-reductionists.

This is the first introductory textbook of its kind devoted to philosophy of psychiatry, offering a thorough and accessible investigation of the conceptual and philosophical problems at the heart of psychiatric practice and research.

This is the first introductory textbook of its kind devoted to philosophy of psychiatry, offering a thorough and accessible investigation of the conceptual and philosophical problems at the heart of psychiatric practice and research.

Contemporary ideas of nature were largely shaped by schools of thought from Western cultural history and philosophy until the present-day concerns with environmental change and biodiversity conservation.

Contemporary ideas of nature were largely shaped by schools of thought from Western cultural history and philosophy until the present-day concerns with environmental change and biodiversity conservation.

The founder of both American pragmatism and semiotics, Charles Sanders Peirce (1839-1914) is widely regarded as an enormously important and pioneering theorist.

The founder of both American pragmatism and semiotics, Charles Sanders Peirce (1839-1914) is widely regarded as an enormously important and pioneering theorist.

Imagining, forecasting and predicting the future is an inextricable and increasingly important part of the present.

Imagining, forecasting and predicting the future is an inextricable and increasingly important part of the present.

Henri Bergson (1859-1941) was one of the most celebrated and influential philosophers of the twentieth century.

Henri Bergson (1859-1941) was one of the most celebrated and influential philosophers of the twentieth century.

Human genetics has blossomed from an obscure biological science and explanation for rare disorders to a field that is profoundly altering health care for everyone.

Human genetics has blossomed from an obscure biological science and explanation for rare disorders to a field that is profoundly altering health care for everyone.

The Routledge Companion to Philosophy of Social Science is an outstanding guide to the major themes, movements, debates, and topics in the philosophy of social science.