Philosophy of science

How the internet and powerful online tools are democratizing and accelerating scientific discoveryReinventing Discovery argues that we are living at the dawn of the most dramatic change in science in more than three hundred years.

Why psychology is in peril as a scientific discipline-and how to save itPsychological science has made extraordinary discoveries about the human mind, but can we trust everything its practitioners are telling us?

New perspectives on the iconic physicist's scientific and philosophical formationAt the end of World War II, Albert Einstein was invited to write his intellectual autobiography for the Library of Living Philosophers.

Theology and the Scientific Imagination is a pioneering work of intellectual history that transformed our understanding of the relationship between Christian theology and the development of science.

A book that finally demystifies Newton's experiments in alchemyWhen Isaac Newton's alchemical papers surfaced at a Sotheby's auction in 1936, the quantity and seeming incoherence of the manuscripts were shocking.

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.

How did the cosmos, and our own special part of it, come to be?

Did God create life, or did the world spontaneously appear?

Stephen Jay Gould (1941-2002) was a leading critic of human behavioral genetics, human sociobiology, evolutionary psychology, and the modern evolutionary synthesis.

"e;Societies unravel when they lose the glue that holds them together.

Homo dominus redefines what it means to be human.

There have been many-too many-attempts over the centuries to bring science and religion into harmony.

Temporal Logic: From Ancient Ideas to Artificial Intelligence deals with the history of temporal logic as well as the crucial systematic questions within the field.

From the Nobel Prizewinning physicist, a personal meditation on the quest for objective reality in natural scienceA century ago, thoughtful people questioned how reality could agree with physical theories that kept changing, from a mechanical model of the ether to electric and magnetic fields, and from homogeneous matter to electrons and atoms.

THE TIMES SCIENCE BOOK OF THE YEARNEW YORKER BEST BOOK OF THE YEARFINALIST FOR THE LOS ANGELES TIMES BOOK PRIZE FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGYA revelatory and vibrant story of measurement which will make you look at the world around you anew.

Science and Human Values was originally a lecture by Jacob Bronowski at MIT in 1953.

Jacob Bronowski was, with Kenneth Clarke, the greatest popularizer of serious ideas in Britain between the mid 1950s and the early 1970s.

The concept of human personhood is central to theology and philosophy.

Resisting Cultural Narrative Entrapment in Autoethnography delves into the nexus of cultural narratives and takes the reader on a journey through the intricate landscape of identity and cultural critique.

An indispensable and timely guide, Risk is the authority for assessing threats to your health and safety.

Why an awareness of Earth's temporal rhythms is critical to our planetary survivalFew of us have any conception of the enormous timescales in our planet's long history, and this narrow perspective underlies many of the environmental problems we are creating for ourselves.

What is gravity?

Debunking myths behind what is known collectively as the new cosmologya grand, overlapping set of narratives that claim to bring science and spirituality togetherLisa H.

For the Wild explores the ways in which the commitments of radical environmental and animal-rights activists develop through powerful experiences with the more-than-human world during childhood and young adulthood.

For nearly a century, the worldwide anthroposophical movement has been a catalyst for environmental activism, helping to bring to life many modern ecological practices such as organic farming, community-supported agriculture, and green banking.

Why do religion and science often appear in conflict in America's public sphere?

Facts often acquire a life of their own; the stories in this book explain why.

Facts often acquire a life of their own; the stories in this book explain why.

Shows that it is individual educators who often make critical decisions about what children are taught about evolution.

Argues for the importance of Darwin for the development of Nietzsche''s philosophy, but emphasizes the antagonistic character of their relationship.

A passionate account of the early days of quantum information and computing from one of the most penetrating modern thinkers.

This 1998 book breathes new life into classical design arguments, showing how incomplete undirected causes are for science.

An up-to-date and comprehensive overview of the philosophy and neuroscience movement.

The first comprehensive analysis of the methodology of experimental economics written by a philosopher of science.

From quantum to biological and digital, here eminent scientists, philosophers and theologians chart various aspects of information.

This book presents an argument that intelligent design is a well-designed marketing plan aimed at imposing a theistic naturalism in schools and scientific discourse.

From quantum to biological and digital, here eminent scientists, philosophers and theologians chart various aspects of information.

This book examines complex physical, philosophical and historiographical issues relating to quantum chromodynamics for graduate students and researchers.

Examines the implications of evolutionary theory and evolutionary psychology for some of the most important philosophical questions.

This book examines Aristotle''s use of the theory of natural teleology in producing explanations of natural phenomena.

Containing interviews with astronomers, geologists, biologists, and writers, this book will fascinate anyone who has ever wondered ''Are we alone?

Introduces a broad range of scientific and philosophical issues about life through the original historical and contemporary sources.

Argues for the importance of Darwin for the development of Nietzsche''s philosophy, but emphasizes the antagonistic character of their relationship.

Presents a summary of current research on the philosophical issues inherent in the reduction of thermodynamics to statistical mechanics.

Ideal for students and practitioners in science, engineering and medicine, this book gives an insight into science''s place in society.

Philosophers, historians, ethicists, and theologians provide the perspectives of their fields on astrobiology for graduate students and researchers.

This book will appeal to students and professional in the philosophy of science, the philosophy of biology and the philosophy of language.

This book is about Karl Popper''s early writings before he began his career as a philosopher.

This book examines complex physical, philosophical and historiographical issues relating to quantum chromodynamics for graduate students and researchers.