Philosophy of science

Science and Convention: Essays on Henri Poincare's Philosophy of Science and The Conventionalist Tradition contains essays concerned with Henri Poincare's philosophy of science, physics in particular, and with the conventionalist tradition in philosophy that he revived and reshaped, simultaneously with, but independently of, Pierre Duhem.

Recently the scholarly community and popular media have highlighted the denial of science by conservative Christians, linking a low view of scientific expertise to the United States' current cultural turmoil.

Buddhas Principle of Relativity (Mind - Body Stress)You will undoubtedly be bumping into the most philosophical of Buddhas teachings.

In Unsettled Borders Felicity Amaya Schaeffer examines the ongoing settler colonial war over the US-Mexico border from the perspective of Apache, Tohono O'odham, and Maya who fight to protect their sacred land.

Scientists have identified southern China as a likely epicenter for viral pandemics, a place where new viruses emerge out of intensively farmed landscapes and human--animal interactions.

In Surrogate Humanity Neda Atanasoski and Kalindi Vora trace the ways in which robots, artificial intelligence, and other technologies serve as surrogates for human workers within a labor system entrenched in racial capitalism and patriarchy.

In Infrahumanisms Megan H.

Praise for THE SPECIFIC DENSITY OF SCIENTISTS:As an expert in understanding and defining the cult mentality, David Conn manages, through logic and his strong faith, to explain the inability, or the refusal, of many scientists to separate the spiritual self from the scientifically driven self (in other words, "e;to bifurcate"e;).

From one of America's best-known biologists, a revolutionary new way of thinking about evolution that shows ';why, in light of our origins, humans are still special' (Edward J.

If you read (or write) popular science, you might sometimes wonder: how do the authors manage to make subjects that once put you to sleep in science class both so entertaining and approachable?

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

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

The controversy surrounding the origin of the universe, earth, and all living things is an ongoing debate in the public sphere.

The controversy surrounding the origin of the universe, earth, and all living things is an ongoing debate in the public sphere.

While the philosophical discussion of Zen spirituality reaches its limit, poetry offers an effective expression of the sublime experiences.

The systems movement, now 40 years old, is made up of many associations of systems thinkers from different disciplines all over the world.

As such things happen, several manuscripts in the present volume were under review prior to the ones that appeared in Volume I of the Annals.

From April through December of 1945, ten of Nazi Germany's greatest nuclear physicists were detained by Allied military and intelligence services in a kind of gilded cage at Farm Hall, an English country manor near Cambridge.

Plato is one of the most widely read and studied philosophers of all time.

'Promises a new route through the parenting wilds' Sunday Times'Powerful, honest and reassuring' Professor Gina Rippon'A vital new narrative .

The question of origins remains a stumbling block for many.

Despite being one of France's most enduring and popular philosophers, Branches is the first English translation of what has been identified as Michel Serres' key text on humanism.

Despite being one of France's most enduring and popular philosophers, Branches is the first English translation of what has been identified as Michel Serres' key text on humanism.

The first translation of the volumes in Michel Serres' classic 'Humanism' tetralogy, this ambitious philosophical narrative explores what it means to be human.

The first translation of the volumes in Michel Serres' classic 'Humanism' tetralogy, this ambitious philosophical narrative explores what it means to be human.

Sleep is quite a popular activity, indeed most humans spend around a third of their lives asleep.

Sleep is quite a popular activity, indeed most humans spend around a third of their lives asleep.

In 1988 the philosopher Gilles Deleuze remarked that, throughout his career, he had always been 'circling around' a concept of nature.

In 1988 the philosopher Gilles Deleuze remarked that, throughout his career, he had always been 'circling around' a concept of nature.

While the governance of human existence is organised ever-increasingly around life and its potential to proliferate beyond all limits, much critical reflection on the phenomenon is underpinned by considerations about the very negation of life, death.

While the governance of human existence is organised ever-increasingly around life and its potential to proliferate beyond all limits, much critical reflection on the phenomenon is underpinned by considerations about the very negation of life, death.

In this third installment of his classic 'Foundations' trilogy, Michel Serres takes on the history of geometry and mathematics.

In this third installment of his classic 'Foundations' trilogy, Michel Serres takes on the history of geometry and mathematics.

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

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

How should we theorize about the social world?

How should we theorize about the social world?

A 2022 Choice Outstanding Academic TitleThis book surveys and examines the most famous philosophical arguments against building a machine with human-level intelligence.

A 2022 Choice Outstanding Academic TitleThis book surveys and examines the most famous philosophical arguments against building a machine with human-level intelligence.

According to Michel Serres, a process of 'hominescence' has taken place throughout human history.

According to Michel Serres, a process of 'hominescence' has taken place throughout human history.

Science has made a huge impact on human society over hundred years, but how does it work?

Science has made a huge impact on human society over hundred years, but how does it work?

This book presents a radical new picture of natural order.

This book presents a radical new picture of natural order.

A definitive and authoritative guide to a vibrant and growing discipline in current philosophy, The Bloomsbury Companion to Contemporary Philosophy of Medicine presents an overview of the issues facing contemporary philosophy of medicine, the research methods required to understand them and a trajectory for the discipline's future.

A definitive and authoritative guide to a vibrant and growing discipline in current philosophy, The Bloomsbury Companion to Contemporary Philosophy of Medicine presents an overview of the issues facing contemporary philosophy of medicine, the research methods required to understand them and a trajectory for the discipline's future.

The History and Philosophy of Science: A Reader brings together seminal texts from antiquity to the end of the nineteenth century and makes them accessible in one volume for the first time.

The History and Philosophy of Science: A Reader brings together seminal texts from antiquity to the end of the nineteenth century and makes them accessible in one volume for the first time.