Philosophy of science

Any serious student attempting to better understand the nature, methods, and justification of science will value Alex Rosenberg and Lee McIntyre's updated and substantially revised fourth edition of Philosophy of Science: A Contemporary Introduction.

This volume explores the relationship between physics and metaphysics in Descartes' philosophy.

This volume explores the relationship between physics and metaphysics in Descartes' philosophy.

The centerpiece of Emilie Du Chatelet's philosophy of science is her Foundations of Physics, first published in 1740.

The centerpiece of Emilie Du Chatelet's philosophy of science is her Foundations of Physics, first published in 1740.

David Hume (1711-1776) is widely acknowledged as one of the most important philosophers in the English language, with his work continuing to exert major influence on philosophy today.

This volume has two primary aims: to trace the traditions and changes in methods, concepts, and ideas that brought forth the logical empiricists' philosophy of physics and to present and analyze the logical empiricists' various and occasionally contrary ideas about the physical sciences and their philosophical relevance.

This volume has two primary aims: to trace the traditions and changes in methods, concepts, and ideas that brought forth the logical empiricists' philosophy of physics and to present and analyze the logical empiricists' various and occasionally contrary ideas about the physical sciences and their philosophical relevance.

Arguing for a renewed view of objects and nature, Ethical Responses to Nature's Call considers how it is possible to understand our ethical duties - in the form of ethical intuitionalism - to nature and the planet by listening to and releasing ourselves over to the call or address of nature.

Arguing for a renewed view of objects and nature, Ethical Responses to Nature's Call considers how it is possible to understand our ethical duties - in the form of ethical intuitionalism - to nature and the planet by listening to and releasing ourselves over to the call or address of nature.

David Hume (1711-1776) is widely acknowledged as one of the most important philosophers in the English language, with his work continuing to exert major influence on philosophy today.

Reissuing five works originally published between 1937 and 1991, this collection contains books addressing the subject of time, from a mostly philosophic point of view but also of interest to those in the science and mathematics worlds.

Originally published in 1937.

Originally published in 1937.

Originally published in 1976.

Originally published in 1976.

Originally published in 1991.

Originally published in 1991.

Originally published in 1964.

Originally published in 1964.

The Routledge Guidebook to Berkeley's Three Dialogues is an engaging introduction to the last of a trio of works that cemented Berkeley's position as one of the truly great philosophers of the western canon.

The Routledge Guidebook to Berkeley's Three Dialogues is an engaging introduction to the last of a trio of works that cemented Berkeley's position as one of the truly great philosophers of the western canon.

Originally published in 1980.

This book proposes a new way of reading modern Western philosophers in the Indian context.

Henri Bergson (1859-1941) is widely regarded as one of the most original and important philosophers of the twentieth century.

Originally published in 1980.

Roughly, instrumentalism is the view that science is primarily, and should primarily be, an instrument for furthering our practical ends.

This book proposes a new way of reading modern Western philosophers in the Indian context.

Henri Bergson (1859-1941) is widely regarded as one of the most original and important philosophers of the twentieth century.

Roughly, instrumentalism is the view that science is primarily, and should primarily be, an instrument for furthering our practical ends.

What is risk?

What is risk?

This volume builds on two recent developments in philosophy on the relationship between art and science: the notion of representation and the role of values in theory choice and the development of scientific theories.

Checking is a very common concept for describing a subject's epistemic goals and actions.

This book presents an interpretation of Kant's Critique of Pure Reason as a priori psychologism.

This book presents an interpretation of Kant's Critique of Pure Reason as a priori psychologism.

Checking is a very common concept for describing a subject's epistemic goals and actions.

This volume builds on two recent developments in philosophy on the relationship between art and science: the notion of representation and the role of values in theory choice and the development of scientific theories.

Originally published in 1968 The Founders of Psychical Research is centred upon the lives and work of Henry Sidgwick, Edmund Gurney and Frederic Myers - prominent in the Society for Psychical Research (S.

Skepticism is one of the perennial problems of philosophy: from antiquity, to the early modern period of Descartes and Hume, and right through to the present day.

Skepticism is one of the perennial problems of philosophy: from antiquity, to the early modern period of Descartes and Hume, and right through to the present day.

Originally published in 1968 The Founders of Psychical Research is centred upon the lives and work of Henry Sidgwick, Edmund Gurney and Frederic Myers - prominent in the Society for Psychical Research (S.

This is the first book to explore the connections and interactions between social epistemology and epistemic relativism.

This book offers a social, political, and aesthetic critique of transhumanism and of the accelerating growth of scientific knowledge generally.

Published in 1999: This book is about Alchemy, Philosophy and Science during the 17th century written by the author originally published in 1650.

Reissuing works originally published between 1937 and 1992, this collection of original texts addresses the philosophical realm of metaphysics, not only ontology but the philosophy of science, religion and morals.

This is the first book to explore the connections and interactions between social epistemology and epistemic relativism.

This book offers a social, political, and aesthetic critique of transhumanism and of the accelerating growth of scientific knowledge generally.

Published in 1999: This book is about Alchemy, Philosophy and Science during the 17th century written by the author originally published in 1650.

The doctrine of materialism is one of the most controversial in the history of ideas.