Philosophy of science

This book deeply analyzes the theoretical roots of the development of global artificial intelligence ethics and AI governance, the ethical issues in AI application scenarios, and the discussion of artificial intelligence governance issues from a global perspective.

This book will appeal to students and professional in the philosophy of science, the philosophy of biology and the philosophy of language.

This book introduces the reader to Serres' unique manner of 'doing philosophy' that can be traced throughout his entire oeuvre: namely as a novel manner of bearing witness.

The philosophical positions of realism and anti-realism are difficult to distinguish, nowhere more so than in the philosophy of mathematics.

From the nineteen sixties onwards a branch of philosophy of science has come to development, called history-oriented philosophy of science.

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.

ZUR 2.

Metaphysics, almost entirely neglected by experimental philosophers, is the central focus of Experimental Metaphysics.

This book addresses a variety of topics within the growing discipline of Archaeoastronomy, focusing especially on Archaeoastronomy in Sicily and the Mediterranean and Cultural Astronomy.

Science and spirituality are not enemies.

In this compelling work, the distinguished French scientist Georges Mallet presents a chronological account of the major scientific discoveries of the past three millennia, guiding readers through the development of theories explaining the lead-up to the Big Bang and exploring alternative explanations to the creation of the universe.

Science in the Changing World, first published in 1933, contains a series of broadcasted presentations on the relationship between science and the development of European civilisation in the first half of the 20th century.

Order Out of Chaos is a sweeping critique of the discordant landscape of modern scientific knowledge.

The world is a complex place, and this complexity is an obstacle to our attempts to explain, predict, and control it.

Troxler (1780-1866) war zunächst Arzt, dann Professor der Philosophie in Luzern, Basel und Bern.

This undergraduate textbook introduces some fundamental issues in philosophy of science for students of philosophy and science students.

'Grayling brings satisfying order to daunting subjects' Steven Pinker_________________________In very recent times humanity has learnt a vast amount about the universe, the past, and itself.

This book offers a comprehensive analysis on the evolution of philosophy of science, with a special emphasis on the  European tradition of the twentieth century.

An alarming number of philosophers and cognitive scientists have argued that mind extends beyond the brain and body.

Shakespeare's Theater of Nature argues that Shakespeare combined art and nature in new ways while experimenting with relations between words, images, and objects as sources of knowledge and pleasure.

Is human nature something that the natural and social sciences aim to describe, or is it a pernicious fiction?

This highly accessible discussion takes up imagination and creativity and explores in some detail the relationship between them.

This Element presents a philosophical exploration of the concept of the ''model organism'' in contemporary biology.

We Have Never Been Human: Or Why We Have Always Been Something Else boldly reimagines what it means to be human, challenging the traditional notions that bind our identity to biology and culture.

Jennifer McKitrick offers an opinionated guide to the philosophy of dispositions.

Science and Psychology provides a comprehensive introduction to the structure and characteristics of scientific explanation, using examples from a variety of sciences to illuminate the scientific approach taken in psychology.

Physics in Oxford, 1839-1939 offers a challenging new interpretation of pre-war physics at the University of Oxford, which was far more dynamic than most historians and physicists have been prepared to believe.

Innovation has a dark side.

Rationality of science was the topic of two conferences (held in 1988 and 1989) organized by the Department of Philosophy of Science, Institute of Philosophy, Jagiellonian University.

This book puts forward a new role for mathematics in the natural sciences.

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

Today, scientific literacy is an essential aspect of any undergraduate education.

This volume explores the experiences of those with little or no power-usually, although not exclusively, animals.

Einstein's field equations of gravitation are a core element of his general theory of relativity.

Global trade in electronic waste (e-waste) has led to various waste management challenges and many regions of the Global South have suffered the toxic consequences.

For much of the twentieth century scientists sought to explain objects and processes by reducing them to their components-nuclei into protons and neutrons, proteins into amino acids, and so on-but over the past forty years there has been a marked turn toward explaining phenomena by building them up rather than breaking them down.

First Published in 1969, System, Structure and Experience offers a basic information-flow design capable of accounting for the complex operations of a culturally cognizant and purposive mind consistently with the general relationship of the human organism and its environment.

This book develops a new approach to naturalizing phenomenology.

Imre Lakatos (1922-1974) was one of the protagonists in shaping the "e;new philosophy of science"e;.

This book explores the meaning and import of neurophenomenology and the philosophy of enactive or embodied cognition for psychology.

Realism is an enlightening story, a tale which enriches our experience and makes it more intelligible.

This book describes the development of the scientific article from its modest beginnings to the global phenomenon that it has become today.

This book is a collection of fourteen essays that describe an inspiring journey through the universe and discusses popular science topics that modern physics and cosmology are struggling to deal with.

This book has been defined around three important issues: the first sheds light on how people, in various philosophical, religious, and political contexts, understand the natural environment, and how the relationship between the environment and the body is perceived; the second focuses on the perceptions that a particular natural environment is good or bad for human health and examines the reasons behind such characterizations ; the third examines the promotion, in history, of specific practices to take advantage of the health benefits, or avoid the harm, caused by certain environments and also efforts made to change environments supposed to be harmful to human health.

First published in 1962 The Origins of Science tries to explain scientific thought from its historical and psychological origins.

The Routledge Companion to Philosophy of Social Science is an outstanding guide to the major themes, movements, debates, and topics in the philosophy of social science.