Philosophy of science

Spiritualism emerged in western New York in 1848 and soon achieved a wide following due to its claim that the living could commune with the dead.

"e;A sharp analysis of the quest for unreal critters-cryptids, as they are called-and the people who pursue them .

This life is a gift from existence, to be lived and enjoyed.

Argues that treating people and artificial intelligence differently under the law results in unexpected and harmful outcomes for social welfare.

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.

Star Death is a science-based fiction book depicting "e;sun death"e; as revealed by the Prophets and as depicted by the Apostle Peter in the Holy Bible.

Addressing a wide range of topics, from Newton to Post-Kuhnian philosophy of science, these essays critically examine themes that have been central to the influential work of philosopher Michael Friedman.

God Is Here to Stay offers new insights into one of humankind's most profound questions: Does God exist?

In its attempt to ascertain the mechanisms of nature, contemporary science seems to be generating unanswerable questions.

In this thought-provoking book, born-again Christian Denis O.

In The Boiler Room Boys: An Underground Story of Science, Religion, and the Faith that Fuels Both, Tim Smith describes how from too-young an age he followed two seemingly alternate paths, religion and science, only to find that they are not alternate at all.

Encountering ETI weaves together scientific knowledge and spiritual faith in a cosmic context.

The last sixty years have witnessed a virtual explosion of interest in how modern science and traditional Christianity intersect.

It has been said that science and religion aren't friends.

Philosophy of Biology is a rapidly expanding field.

Science fiction has often been considered the literature of futuristic technology: fantastic warfare among the stars or ruinous apocalypses on Earth.

The relationship between science and democracy has become a much-debated issue.

Planetary Solidarity brings together leading Latina, womanist, Asian American, Anglican American, South American, Asian, European, and African woman theologians on the issues of doctrine, women, and climate justice.

In the 21st century, reality television and the Internet have fed public interest in ghosts, UFOs, cryptozoology and other unusual phenomena.

Cosmology and theology share a long held relationship with one another, explaining as they do the constitution of the world and the interaction of forces.

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Quantum physicist, New York Times bestselling author, and BBC host Jim Al-Khalili offers a fascinating and illuminating look at what physics reveals about the worldShining a light on the most profound insights revealed by modern physics, Jim Al-Khalili invites us all to understand what this crucially important science tells us about the universe and the nature of reality itself.

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.

The classic case for why government must support science-with a new essay by physicist and former congressman Rush Holt on what democracy needs from science todayScience, the Endless Frontier is recognized as the landmark argument for the essential role of science in society and government's responsibility to support scientific endeavors.

Author is winner of 2001 Templeton Prize for Progress in Religion, worth $1 million dollars.

A short, provocative book about why "e;useless"e; science often leads to humanity's greatest technological breakthroughsA forty-year tightening of funding for scientific research has meant that resources are increasingly directed toward applied or practical outcomes, with the intent of creating products of immediate value.

The book is published as part of the "e;PRIN 2017 The Dark side of the Law"e;.

This book addresses current issues in the neuroscience and ethics of dementia care, including philosophical as well as ethical legal, and social issues (ELSIs), issues in clinical, institutional, and private care-giving, and international perspectives on dementia and care innovations.

This book analyzes the role of language in scientific research and develops the semantics of science from different angles.

This book examines the views of Hermann Helmholtz, Hermann Cohen and Gottlob Frege in reaction to the epistemic crises induced by rapid changes in 19th century scientific practice.

This book explores the discipline of psychology through in-depth dialogues with scholars who have lived at the turbulent edges of mainstream psychology in the USA, and who have challenged the most cherished theoretical frameworks.

This book provides an accessible and up-to-date discussion of contemporary theories of perceptual justification that each highlight different factors related to perception, i.

This book studies geoethics in Latin America and offers comprehensive research on geoethics and geoeducation.

Here is a universal biology that draws upon the contributions of Aristotle, Kant, and Hegel to unravel the mystery of life and conceive what is essential to living things anywhere they may arise.

This book shows how our new-found ability to observe the Earth from "e;the necessary distance"e; has wide and profound cultural and ethical implications.

This comprehensive textbook is devoted to classical and quantum cosmology, with particular emphasis on modern approaches to quantum gravity and string theory and on their observational imprint.

This book considers the history of modern astronomy and astrophysics in Japan by comparing with the development of astrophysics in western countries.

This groundbreaking work of both theoretical and experiential thought by two leading ecological philosophers and animal liberation scientists ventures into a new frontier of applied ethical anthrozoological studies.

The emergence of systems biology raises many fascinating questions: What does it mean to take a systems approach to problems in biology?

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

This highly readable book is a collection of critical papers on Otto Neurath (1882-1945).

This book contains a broad overview of time travel in science fiction, along with a detailed examination of the philosophical implications of time travel.

This monograph develops a new way of justifying the claims made by science about phenomenon not directly observable by humans, such as atoms and black holes.

Since the invention of the telescope 400 years ago, astronomers have rapidly discovered countless celestial objects.

This book is an easy to read, yet comprehensive introduction to practical issues in research ethics and scientific integrity.

This volume explores the interplay between mathematical and physical research and the interactions of twentieth-century scientists within their academic communities.

This volume brings together diverse Asian religious perspectives to address critical issues in the encounter between tradition and modern western evolutionary thought.

Science fiction explores the wonderful, baffling and wildly entertaining aspects of a universe unimaginably old and vast, and with a future even more immense.

This monograph looks at causal nets from a philosophical point of view.

This volume is a collection of original essays focusing on a wide range of topics in the History and Philosophy of Science.