Philosophy of science

This collection of original essays offers a comprehensive examination of scientific progress, which has been a central topic in recent debates in philosophy of science.

This collection of original essays offers a comprehensive examination of scientific progress, which has been a central topic in recent debates in philosophy of science.

Dismissed by some as the last of the anti-Darwinians, his fame as a rigorous biologist even tainted by an alleged link to National Socialist ideology, it is undeniable that Jakob von Uexkull (1864-1944) was eagerly read by many philosophers across the spectrum of philosophical schools, from Scheler to Merleau-Ponty and Deleuze and from Heidegger to Blumenberg and Agamben.

Dismissed by some as the last of the anti-Darwinians, his fame as a rigorous biologist even tainted by an alleged link to National Socialist ideology, it is undeniable that Jakob von Uexkull (1864-1944) was eagerly read by many philosophers across the spectrum of philosophical schools, from Scheler to Merleau-Ponty and Deleuze and from Heidegger to Blumenberg and Agamben.

Using a concise question and answer format, The Perception of Time: Your Questions Answered examines basic temporal processes and the ways in which our perception of time can be altered.

Using a concise question and answer format, The Perception of Time: Your Questions Answered examines basic temporal processes and the ways in which our perception of time can be altered.

Against standard approaches to evolution and ethics, this book develops the idea that moral values may find their origin in regularly recurring features in the cooperative environments of species of organisms that are social and intelligent.

Against standard approaches to evolution and ethics, this book develops the idea that moral values may find their origin in regularly recurring features in the cooperative environments of species of organisms that are social and intelligent.

This book carries forward the discourse on the mind's engagement with the world.

This book carries forward the discourse on the mind's engagement with the world.

Originally published in 1934.

Originally published in 1937.

Originally published in 1931.

Originally published in 1965.

Originally published in 1966.

Originally published in 1934.

Originally published in 1937.

Originally published in 1931.

Originally published in 1965.

Originally published in 1966.

Originally published in 1968.

Originally published in 1981.

Originally published in 1973.

This book addresses the argument in the history of the philosophy of science between the positivists and the anti-positivists.

Originally published in 1968.

Originally published in 1981.

Originally published in 1973.

This book addresses the argument in the history of the philosophy of science between the positivists and the anti-positivists.

First published in 1990 Philosophical Foundations of Health Education analyses the dogmatism of conventional medicine as a form of scientism and tries to determine the extent to which the state of health education has been perverted by an uncritical acceptance of these dogmas.

First published in 1990 Philosophical Foundations of Health Education analyses the dogmatism of conventional medicine as a form of scientism and tries to determine the extent to which the state of health education has been perverted by an uncritical acceptance of these dogmas.

This book provides an in-depth analysis of the history and evolution of the major disciplines of science, which include the basic sciences, bioscience, natural sciences and medical science, with special emphasis on the Indian perspective.

This collection addresses metaphysical issues at the intersection between philosophy and science.

This collection addresses metaphysical issues at the intersection between philosophy and science.

The role of experts and their expertise, in our personal and social lives, has taken centre stage in the debates about our post-COVID-19 world.

The role of experts and their expertise, in our personal and social lives, has taken centre stage in the debates about our post-COVID-19 world.

This book provides an up-to-date overview of the foundations of spacetime physics.

This book provides an up-to-date overview of the foundations of spacetime physics.

The Analysis of Matter is the product of thirty years of thinking by one of the twentieth century's best-known philosophers.

The Analysis of Matter is the product of thirty years of thinking by one of the twentieth century's best-known philosophers.

Simply stated, this book bridges the gap between statistics and philosophy.

Simply stated, this book bridges the gap between statistics and philosophy.

The Economics of Scientific Misconduct explores episodes of misconduct in the natural and biomedical sciences and replication failure in economics and psychology over the past half-century.

The Economics of Scientific Misconduct explores episodes of misconduct in the natural and biomedical sciences and replication failure in economics and psychology over the past half-century.

From the perspective of the philosophy of science, this book analyzes the Internet conceived in a broad sense.

From the perspective of the philosophy of science, this book analyzes the Internet conceived in a broad sense.

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Bringing together diverse theoretical and empirical contributions from the fields of social and cognitive psychology, philosophy and science education, this volume explores representational pluralism as a phenomenon characteristic of human cognition.

Bringing together diverse theoretical and empirical contributions from the fields of social and cognitive psychology, philosophy and science education, this volume explores representational pluralism as a phenomenon characteristic of human cognition.

Fundamentals of Cognitive Science draws on research from psychology, philosophy, artificial intelligence, linguistics, evolution, and neuroscience to provide an engaging and student-friendly introduction to this interdisciplinary field.