Philosophy of science

All the great philosophers from Plato and Aristotle to the present day have been philosophers of science.

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

Every philosopher of science, and every student of the philosophy of science, has heard of Paul Feyerabend: the iconoclast who supposedly asserted that science is not rational, nor objective, but is characterised by anarchism, relativism, subjectivism and power.

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Does human nature constrain social and political change, or do social and political changes transform human nature?

Essays by leading scholars on Isaac Newton and his philosophical interlocutors and critics, discussing a wide range of topics.

For many years, Karel Berka has worked at some of the central problems of the theory of the sciences.

Dem Versuch, die These zu stützen, dass Logik und Mathematik eins seien, hat Russell mehrere Bücher gewidmet, unter anderem das dreibändige, gemeinsam mit A.

This collection of stories touches upon many genres: Normed Trek is a clever and witty Alice-in-Wonderland-type narrative set in the realm of mathematical analysis, The Cantor Trilogy is a dystopia about the consequences of relying upon computer-based mathematical proofs, In Search of Future Time bears the flavor of Tales from Arabian Nights set in the future, and - last but not least - Murder on the Einstein Express is a short, non-technical primer on probabilities and modern classical physics, disguised as a detective story.

This book is the first comprehensive attempt to solve what Hartry Field has called "e;the central problem in the metaphysics of causation"e;: the problem of reconciling the need for causal notions in the special sciences with the limited role of causation in physics.

Dialectic: The Pulse of Freedom is now widely regarded as a classic of contemporary philosophy.

Scientists studying the burning of stars, the evolution of species, DNA, the brain, the economy, and social change, all frequently describe their work as searching for mechanisms.

This book challenges the Western contemporary "e;praise for Nature"e;.

This book presents a systematic reconstruction of Leibniz's dynamics project (c.

Despite the strictures of the extreme Behaviourists, psychologists have been taking an increasing interest in the development of theories concerning the 'mechanisms' internal to humans and animals which permit perceptual, memory, and problem solving behaviour.

When graduate students start their studies, they usually have sound knowledge of some areas of philosophy, but the overall map of their knowledge is often patchy and disjointed.

Exploring the Philosophy of Death and Dying: Classical and Contemporary Perspectives is the first book to offer students the full breadth of philosophical issues that are raised by the end of life.

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Since its original publication in 1979, The Possibility of Naturalism has been one of the most influential works in contemporary philosophy of science and social science.

Originally published in 1987.

In Software gegossene Algorithmen, die Schachweltmeister besiegen oder bei Fragespielen erfolgreich gegen Menschen bestehen, zeigen die radikalen Änderungen in einer durch Software gtriebenen Welt, für deren Verständnis Brücken zwischen Informatikern sowie Technikern und Philosophen notwendig sind.

This edited collection casts light on central issues within contemporary philosophy of mathematics such as the realism/anti-realism dispute; the relationship between logic and metaphysics; and the question of whether mathematics is a science of objects or structures.

In this essay I am concerned with the problem of conceptual change.

The Berlin Group for scientific philosophy was active between 1928 and 1933 and was closely related to the Vienna Circle.

While procreation is ubiquitous, attention to the ethical issues involved in creating children is relatively rare.

Once we came out of the jungle and found time to think of something besides food, sex, and shelter, we confronted the fundamental questions: what are we?

'This is the most important conversation of our time, and Tegmark's thought-provoking book will help you join it' Stephen HawkingTHE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER.

We are presented with several million options during our life that we have to make a choice between.

The applications of Artificial Intelligence lie all around us; in our homes, schools and offices, in our cinemas, in art galleries and - not least - on the Internet.

Free-roaming killer drones stalk the battlespace looking for organic targets.

Should pregnancy and childbirth be transformed, in order for women to be free?

In a series of 50 accessible essays, Joanne Baker introduces and explains the fundamental physical concepts and laws that govern the inner workings of our universe.

Planet Earth needs a self-help book, and this is itThe future is happening to us far faster than we thought it would and this book explains whyFifty years after Marshall McLuhan's ground breaking book on the influence of technology on culture The Medium is the Massage, Shumon Basar, Douglas Coupland and Hans Ulrich Obrist extend the analysis to today, touring the world that's redefined by the Internet, decoding and explaining what they call the 'extreme present'.

Dieses essential widmet sich dem Werk des Philosophen Hans Jonas und zwar aus dem Blickwinkel der Entwicklung seines Denkens.

The Nature of Technology will change the way you think about this fundamental subject forever.

Should pregnancy and childbirth be transformed, in order for women to be free?

La tendencia dominante a situar la innovación como eje vertebrador de cualquier cambio social, cultural o político está cimentada en una visión enormemente sesgada de la tecnología y de su evolución histórica.

Darwin's theory of evolution is accepted by most educated Americans as simple fact.

When the whole is greater than the sum of the parts--indeed, so great that the sum far transcends the parts and represents something utterly new and different--we call that phenomenon emergence.

Dieses essential zeigt am Beispiel des innovativen Projekts „Selberdenken!

As humans continue to degrade and destroy our planet s resources, leading to predictions of total ecological collapse, some (such as the entrepreneur Elon Musk) now suggest that a human colony elsewhere may be our species best hope for survival.

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Dieses essential zeigt am Beispiel des innovativen Projekts „Selberdenken!