This book formulates both a theory of science and technology, a philosophy guiding its development and utilization as well as foundations for developing a policy on science and technology.
This book links the philosophical perception of time and Einstein's theory of special relativity to economic processes, showing that the phenomena of time dilation and length contraction seen in physics can be identified within - and adapted to - an economic framework.
Die Sozialforschung ist seit ihren Anfängen von technischen Medien geprägt - doch erst seit Kurzem wird die Aufmerksamkeit der Sozialforscher auf diesen bislang blinden Fleck der Wissenschaftstheorie gelenkt.
Die in diesem Band versammelten nachgelassenen Schriften von Moritz Schlick zur Naturphilosophie wurden über einen Zeitraum von annähernd sechs Jahren ediert und kommentiert.
"e;Tell me,"e; Wittgenstein once asked a friend, "e;why do people always say, it was natural for man to assume that the sun went round the earth rather than that the earth was rotating?
This book is a historical analysis of the quantum mechanical revolution and the emergence of a new discipline from the perspective, not of a professor, but of a recent or actual Ph.
Debunks cherished theories of mainstream consensus and reveals the deeper mysteries of the science of the unseen *; Reveals a new ';Theory of Everything' to replace the standard model and complete our knowledge of Earth Science, anthropology, psychology, and spirituality *; Explains the failings of the Big Bang, evolution, ice age theory, and global warming *; Shows how the Freudian and Jungian theories of the unconscious have grossly misrepresented the spirit of man and the psyche of humanity What if science and society's most darling theories, taught as fact, were 100% wrong?
For a philosopher with an abiding interest in the nature of objective knowledge systems in science, what could be more important than trying to think in terms of those very subjects of such knowledge to which men like Galileo, Newton, Max Planck, Einstein and others devoted their entire lifetimes?
This volume proposes a move away from the universalized and general modern ethical method, as it is currently practiced in biomedical ethics, while aiming toward a decision making process rooted in an ontology of relationality.
This book offers fascinating insights into the key technical and scientific developments in the history of radar, from the first patent, taken out by Hulsmeyer in 1904, through to the present day.
This authoritative volume presents a detailed analysis of the replication crisis and the use of questionable research practices (QRPs) in psychology, as well as recommended practices for combatting these problems.
It is generally believed that doing science means accumulating empirical data with no or little reference to the interpretation of the data based on the scientist's th- retical framework or presuppositions.
Rom Harre has pushed the boundaries of our thinking about people and societies and has challenged the orthodox philosophy of science and social psychology.
Since its development as a field over the last part of the twentieth century, scholars in science and religion have been heavily concerned with methodological issues.
This, the first in-depth and comprehensive book-length study of the Russian neo-Kantian movement in English language, challenges the assumption of the isolation of neo-Kantianism to Germany.
Originally published in 1989, The Dilemma of Qualitative Method is a stimulating guide to the discussion of qualitative versus quantitative approaches to social research, originated in nineteenth-century debates about the relationship between the methods of history and natural science.
