Philosophy of science

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

Rationality - as opposed to 'ad-hoc' - and asymptotics - to emphasize the fact that perturbative methods are at the core of the theory - are the two main concepts associated with the Rational Asymptotic Modeling (RAM) approach in fluid dynamics when the goal is to specifically provide useful models accessible to numerical simulation via high-speed computing.

In this groundbreaking volume, leading philosophers and mathematicians explore Kurt Gödel''s work on the foundations and philosophy of mathematics.

This book presents the author's personal historical perspective and conceptual analysis on symmetry and geometry.

"e;To all who love the God with a 1000 names and respect science"e; In the last quarter century, the academic field of Science and Theology (Religion) has attracted scholars from a wide variety of disciplines.

Noakes'' revelatory analysis of Victorian scientists'' fascination with psychic phenomena connects science, the occult and religion in intriguing new ways.

Neglected Perspectives on Science and Religion explores historical and contemporary relations between science and religion, providing new perspectives on familiar topics such as evolution and the Galileo affair.

This is a handbook that shows the reader how to construct an intellectual pedigree.

A fascinating and comprehensive history, this book explores the most important transformation in twentieth century economics: the creation of econometrics.

Facts often acquire a life of their own; the stories in this book explain why.

The book presents an original synthesizing framework on the relations between 'the biological' and 'the social'.

This collection offers new perspectives on the study of science and religion, bringing together articles that highlight the differences between epistemological systems and call into question the dominant narrative of modern science.

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This book reflects on the significant and highly original scientific contributions of Hans Primas.

This edited collection brings together internationally renowned scholars to explore green criminology through the interdisciplinary lenses of power, harm and justice.

Animals and Science examines the debates, from the Renaissance to the present, surrounding issues of animal rights, consciousness, and self-awareness.

Almost from its inception, Einstein's general theory of relativity was known to sanction spacetime models harboring singularities.

This book provides an accessible and up to date overview of the foundational issues about both emerging constructive understandings of the digital era and still hidden and ignored aspects that could instead be dramatically relevant in the future, in the process of a technological humanism.

Is it possible to explain and predict the development of living things?

This book charts the development of nanotechnology in relation to society from the early years of the twenty-first century.

Although philosophers have explored memory since antiquity, recent years have seen the birth of philosophy of memory as a distinct field.

This volume offers perspectives on the theme of surprise crossing philosophical, phenomenological, scientific, psycho-physiology, psychiatric, and linguistic boundaries.

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

What are the methodologies for assessing and improving governmental policy in light of well-being?

This book argues against the assumption that the ancient Greeks did not take mechanics seriously.

The influence of materialist ontology largely dominates philosophical and scientific discussions.

Approaching the settlement of our Moon from a practical perspective, this book is well suited for space program planners.

Imagine living in 1958, and knowing that the integrated circuit--the microchip--was about to be invented, and would revolutionize the world.

This book is a treatise on time and on background independence in physics.

A fascinating and comprehensive history, this book explores the most important transformation in twentieth century economics: the creation of econometrics.

This volume explores how understanding relates to conscious experience.

This book analyzes metaphysical consequences of the quantum theory of many particles with respect to the fundamental notions of identity, individuality and discernibility.

Over the past three decades, the academic study of modern Paganism has gone from strength to strength.

Thirteen specially written essays discuss topics from the work of Bas C.

The breakthrough idea of parallel coordinates has enchanted many people with its cleverness and power.

This Atlas of the History of Modern Science functions as a textbook to help the student, by means of diagrams and flowcharts, to better understand both science and the history of science.

This book celebrates the investigative power of phenomenology to explore the phenomenological sense of space and time in conjunction with the phenomenology of intentionality, the invisible, the sacred, and the mystical.

With much of the world's population facing restricted access to adequate medical care, how to allocate scarce health-care resources is a pressing question for governments, hospitals, and individuals.

By asking how well theological views of human nature stand up to the discoveries of modern science, Alan Olding re-opens the question of whether the "e;design"e; argument for the existence of God is fatally undermined.

The science fiction genre maintains a remarkable hold on the imagination and enthusiasm of the filmgoing public, captivating large audiences worldwide and garnering ever-larger profits.

This is a collection of essays on the history and philosophy of evolutionary biology by the well-known Canadian scholar, Michael Ruse.

This book argues for two claims: firstly, determinism in science does not infringe upon human free will because it is descriptive, not prescriptive, and secondly, the very formulation, testing and justification of scientific theories presupposes human free will and thereby persons as ontologically primitive.

Causation is at once familiar and mysterious.

How do we go about weighing evidence, testing hypotheses, and making inferences?

This book examines how evolutionism can justify the existence of ethical normativity.

This book presents a unified and systematic philosophical account of human actions and their explanation, and it does it in the spirit of scientific realism.