Philosophy of science

Events between which we have no epistemic reason to discriminate have equal epistemic probabilities.

Events between which we have no epistemic reason to discriminate have equal epistemic probabilities.

Scientist, physician, and pastor Stephen Ko explains how to live and worship incarnationally and glorify God with our bodies.

The present volume covers the story of the history of CERN from the mid 1960s to the late 1970s.

A theoretical physicist returns by train from a conference, his eyes fixed on a paper on quantum cosmology.

Disagreement is one of the deepest and most pervasive topics in philosophy; arguably its very bedrock, and is an ever-increasing feature of politics, ethics, public policy, science and many other areas.

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This book sheds light on Kant''s claim that the Critique of Pure Reason is a ''treatise'' or ''doctrine'' of method.

This book presents a new, contemporary introduction to medieval philosophy as it was practiced in all its variety in Western Europe and the Near East.

"e;She is both dead and alive according to some left brains.

How much faith should we place in what scientists tell us?

This volume explores how understanding relates to conscious experience.

This book aims to redress the balance in the field of Contemporary Philosophy, considered predominantly male, by highlighting the philosophical achievements of various female figures during the period 1870-1970.

This is the first book to cover and explore the rules and exceptions in biology.

The war on terrorism has not been won, Gabriel Weimann argues in Terrorism in Cyberspace, the successor to his seminal Terror on the Internet.

Science and Public Policy: A Philosophical Introduction argues that in order to effectively apply science in any relevant or meaningful way, we must first understand what science is, how it works, and what its limitations are.

So much now points to life beyond Earth.

Philosophy of Biology is a rapidly expanding field.

This unique volume introduces and discusses the methods of validating computer simulations in scientific research.

This book presents a multidisciplinary guide to gauge theory and gravity, with chapters by the world's leading theoretical physicists, mathematicians, historians and philosophers of science.

This handbook offers the first comprehensive reference guide to the interdisciplinary field of model-based reasoning.

This book forms an important part of the current revival of the debate around the category of historical epistemology.

This book is the first attempt to provide a general theory of self-destruction in complex systems applicable to natural, social and cultural phenomena.

This book conducts a historico-critical investigation into a proposal to transform philosophy in the early twentieth century.

Cellular-molecular approach to evolution has led to radical changes in our understanding of biologic principles ranging from the Cell, to the Life Cycle, Development, Homeostasis, Senescence/Aging, Heterochrony, Pleiotropy, Phenotype, and perhaps the purpose of life itself.

Epistemology, or "e;the theory of knowledge,"e; is concerned with how we know what we know, what justifies us in believing what we believe, and what standards of evidence we should use in seeking truths about the world and human experience.

A world-renowned physicist seeks gravity's true nature and finds wisdom in embracing its force in her lifeClaudia de Rham has been playing with gravity her entire life.

What role do the visual arts play in the emerging commercial spaceflight industry, and vice versa?

This book challenges misconceptions about genetics in human life and examines the relationship between ourselves and our ancestry.

A critical examination of the idea that human culture changes via a mechanism similar to Darwin''s natural selection.

Regarding his discoveries, Sir Isaac Newton famously said, "e;If I have seen further it is by standing upon the shoulders of giants.

In this 9th edition of Core Questions in Philosophy, Elliott Sober and Joel Velasco use an engaging lecture-style format to show students how philosophy is best used to evaluate many different kinds of arguments and to construct sound theories.

This volume argues that concepts from the theory of computation-including information theory, formal languages, and discrete structures-might provide novel paths towards a solution to the problem of quantum gravity.

This volume argues that concepts from the theory of computation-including information theory, formal languages, and discrete structures-might provide novel paths towards a solution to the problem of quantum gravity.

In this 9th edition of Core Questions in Philosophy, Elliott Sober and Joel Velasco use an engaging lecture-style format to show students how philosophy is best used to evaluate many different kinds of arguments and to construct sound theories.

This monograph presents the first detailed exposition of the formal theory of Branching Space-Times.