Philosophy of science

Historically, the scientific method has been said to require proposing a theory, making a prediction of something not already known, testing the prediction, and giving up the theory (or substantially changing it) if it fails the test.

The role of values in scientific research has become an important topic of discussion in both scholarly and popular debates.

The role of values in scientific research has become an important topic of discussion in both scholarly and popular debates.

This collection of eleven new essays contains the latest developments in analytic feminist philosophy on the topic of pornography.

The "e;New Atheist"e; movement of recent years has put the science-versus-religion controversy back on the popular cultural agenda.

The "e;New Atheist"e; movement of recent years has put the science-versus-religion controversy back on the popular cultural agenda.

In this volume of essays, Howard Wettstein explores the foundations of religious commitment.

The Darwinian Revolution--the change in thinking sparked by Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species, which argued that all organisms including humans are the end product of a long, slow, natural process of evolution rather than the miraculous creation of an all-powerful God--is one of the truly momentous cultural events in Western Civilization.

The Darwinian Revolution--the change in thinking sparked by Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species, which argued that all organisms including humans are the end product of a long, slow, natural process of evolution rather than the miraculous creation of an all-powerful God--is one of the truly momentous cultural events in Western Civilization.

This is a new volume of original essays on the metaphysics of quantum mechanics.

Restoring Layered Landscapes brings together historians, geographers, philosophers, and interdisciplinary scholars to explore ecological restoration in landscapes with complex histories shaped by ongoing interactions between humans and nature.

We live in a world of crowds and corporations, artworks and artifacts, legislatures and languages, money and markets.

In his latest book, Eric Scerri presents a completely original account of the nature of scientific progress.

In his latest book, Eric Scerri presents a completely original account of the nature of scientific progress.

In its modern usage, the term "e;consilience"e; was first established by Edward O.

The imagination, our capacity to entertain thoughts and ideas "e;in the mind's eye,"e; is indispensable in science as elsewhere in human life.

In this interdisciplinary work, author Ron Edwards offers an innovative rereading of H.

In this interdisciplinary work, author Ron Edwards offers an innovative rereading of H.

In May 2010, philosophers, family and friends gathered at the University of Notre Dame to celebrate the career and retirement of Alvin Plantinga, widely recognized as one of the world's leading figures in metaphysics, epistemology, and the philosophy of religion.

Mathematics plays a central role in much of contemporary science, but philosophers have struggled to understand what this role is or how significant it might be for mathematics and science.

In Basic Structures of Reality, Colin McGinn deals with questions of metaphysics, epistemology, and philosophy of mind from the vantage point of physics.

Calls for a "e;consilient"e; or "e;vertically integrated"e; approach to the study of human mind and culture have, for the most part, been received by scholars in the humanities with either indifference or hostility.

In Search of a Theory of Everything takes readers on an adventurous journey through space and time on a quest for a unified "e;theory of everything"e; by means of a rare and agile interplay between the natural philosophies of influential ancient Greek thinkers and the laws of modern physics.

In Search of a Theory of Everything takes readers on an adventurous journey through space and time on a quest for a unified "e;theory of everything"e; by means of a rare and agile interplay between the natural philosophies of influential ancient Greek thinkers and the laws of modern physics.

Between 1905 and 1913, French physicist Jean Perrin's experiments on Brownian motion ostensibly put a definitive end to the long debate regarding the real existence of molecules, proving the atomic theory of matter.

Between 1905 and 1913, French physicist Jean Perrin's experiments on Brownian motion ostensibly put a definitive end to the long debate regarding the real existence of molecules, proving the atomic theory of matter.

Textbooks and other popular venues commonly present science as a progressive "e;brick-by-brick"e; accumulation of knowledge and facts.

Textbooks and other popular venues commonly present science as a progressive "e;brick-by-brick"e; accumulation of knowledge and facts.

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The imagination, our capacity to entertain thoughts and ideas "e;in the mind's eye,"e; is indispensable in science as elsewhere in human life.

Virtues have become a valuable and relevant resource for understanding modern science and technology.

Virtues have become a valuable and relevant resource for understanding modern science and technology.

Science has revolutionized our lives and continues to show inexorable progress today.

Science has revolutionized our lives and continues to show inexorable progress today.

This is the story of John Draper, Andrew White, and the conflict thesis: a centuries-old misconception that religion and science are at odds with one another.

This is the story of John Draper, Andrew White, and the conflict thesis: a centuries-old misconception that religion and science are at odds with one another.

What is science?

An extraordinary and challenging synthesis of ideas uniting Quantum Theory, and the theories of Computation, Knowledge and Evolution, Deutsch's extraordinary book explores the deep connections between these strands which reveal the fabric of realityin which human actions and ideas play essential roles.

'Science has never had an advocate quite like David Deutsch .

In Darwin's Dangerous Idea: Evolution and the Meanings of Life Daniel C.

This exciting anniversary edition has a new introduction and scholarly references by William Bynum, and the cover design is by Damien Hirst.

The phenomenal international bestseller that shows us how to stop trying to predict everything - and take advantage of uncertaintyWhat have the invention of the wheel, Pompeii, the Wall Street Crash, Harry Potter and the internet got in common?

In an age of rife consumption and increasing need for consideration of sustainable social practices, an exploration of the aesthetics of weather from various angles becomes vital in shedding light on its importance to our experience of the changing world.

This book is an argument for moving beyond culturally/historically/ethnically/biologically-grounded identity as the necessary foundation of an authentic self.

Many descriptions of empathy revolve around sharing in and understanding another person's emotions.

This book examines the best available empirical evidence regarding one of the most challenging and pervasive questions throughout ages, cultures, and religions: the survival of human consciousness after death.

Computers are essential for the functioning of our society.

The book contains a collection of chapters written by experts from the fields of philosophy, law, logic, computer science and artificial intelligence who pay tribute to Professor Risto Hilpinen's impressive work on the logic of induction, on deontic logic and epistemology, and on philosophy of science.