Philosophy of Science
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The Scientific Attitude: Defending Science from Denial, Fraud, and Pseudoscience
Lee McIntyreCurrent price €19.79Original price €21.99An argument that what makes science distinctive is its emphasis on evidence and scientists'' willingness to change theories on the basis of new evi...
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Genetic Counseling: Clinical Practice and Ethical Considerations
Laura HercherCurrent price €88.19Original price €97.99Current price €88.19Original price €97.99Save 10% -
Physics Avoidance: and other essays in conceptual strategy
Mark WilsonCurrent price €95.54Original price €104.99Mark Wilson presents a series of explorations of our strategies for understanding the world. Physics avoidance refers to the fact that we frequentl...
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Causation, Explanation, and the Metaphysics of Aspect
Bradford SkowCurrent price €66.11Original price €75.99When you light a match it is the striking of it which causes the lighting; the presence of oxygen in the room is a background condition to the ligh...
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The Art of the Soluble: The Hugely Influential Philosophy of Creative Science
P. B. MedawarCurrent price €15.46Original price €16.99In the conventional wisdom the scientist is pictured as a data gatherer, methodically working towards general scientific laws by objective research...
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The Lazy Universe: An Introduction to the Principle of Least Action
Jennifer CoopersmithCurrent price €43.19Original price €47.99This is a rare book on a rare topic: it is about 'action' and the Principle of Least Action. A surprisingly well-kept secret, these ideas are at th...
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John Stewart Bell and Twentieth-Century Physics: Vision and Integrity
Andrew WhitakerCurrent price €39.59Original price €43.99John Stewart Bell (1928-1990) was one of the most important figures in twentieth-century physics, famous for his work on the fundamental aspects of...
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Why We Disagree About Human Nature
Oxford University PressCurrent price €35.69Original price €41.99Is human nature something that the natural and social sciences aim to describe, or is it a pernicious fiction? What role, if any, does ''human natu...
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Aha!: The Moments of Insight that Shape Our World
William B. IrvineCurrent price €23.39Original price €25.99Great ideas often develop gradually after studying a problem at length--but not always. Sometimes, an insight hits like a bolt from the blue. For A...
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The Laws of Belief: Ranking Theory and Its Philosophical Applications
Wolfgang SpohnCurrent price €63.69Original price €69.99Wolfgang Spohn presents the first full account of the dynamic laws of belief, by means of ranking theory. This book is his long-awaited presentatio...
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The Quest for Reality: Bohr and Wittgenstein - two complementary views
Stig StenholmCurrent price €27.89Original price €30.99In both science and philosophy, the twentieth century saw a radical breakdown of certainty in the human worldview, as quantum uncertainty and lingu...
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Science and the World: Philosophical Approaches
Broadview Press LtdCurrent price €78.25Original price €85.99This new anthology includes both classic and contemporary readings on the methods and scope of science. Jeffrey Foss depicts science in a broadly h...
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The Nature of Scientific Explanation
Jude P. DoughertyCurrent price €23.65Original price €25.99In his newest work, distinguished philosopher Jude P. Dougherty challenges contemporary empiricisms and other accounts of science that reduce it to...
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Mathematics and Scientific Representation
Christopher PincockCurrent price €91.90Original price €100.99Mathematics plays a central role in much of contemporary science, but philosophers have struggled to understand what this role is or how significan...
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A Tale of Seven Scientists and a New Philosophy of Science
Eric ScerriCurrent price €40.94Original price €44.99In his latest book, Eric Scerri presents a completely original account of the nature of scientific progress. It consists of a holistic and unified ...
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Peace with Justice: Noam Chomsky in Australia
Monash University PublishingCurrent price €23.65Original price €25.99Current price €23.65Original price €25.99Save 9% -
Philosophy of Science
Nova Science Publishers IncCurrent price €151.42Original price €176.07The philosophy of science is concerned with the assumptions, foundations, methods and implications of science. It is also concerned with the use an...
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Through a Glass Brightly: Using Science to See Our Species as We Really Are
David P. BarashCurrent price €20.92Original price €22.99Human beings have long seen themselves as the center of the universe, the apple of God's eye, specially-created creatures who are somehow above and...
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Intelligible Design: A Realistic Approach To The Philosophy And History Of Science
Julio A. GonzaloCurrent price €46.40Original price €50.99This book provides realistic answers to hotly debated scientific topics: Science is about quantitative aspects of natural realities (physical, chem...
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The Pseudoscience Wars: Immanuel Velikovsky and the Birth of the Modern Fringe
Michael D. GordinCurrent price €29.58Original price €32.50Properly analyzed, the collective mythological and religious writings of humanity reveal that around 1500 BC, a comet swept perilously close to Ear...
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The Science and Humanism of Stephen Jay Gould
Brett ClarkCurrent price €58.23Original price €63.99Stephen Jay Gould was not only a leading paleontologist and evolutionary theorist, he was also a humanist with an enduring interest in the history ...
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Where the Conflict Really Lies: Science, Religion, and Naturalism
Alvin PlantingaCurrent price €42.29Original price €46.99This book is a long-awaited major statement by a pre-eminent analytic philosopher, Alvin Plantinga, on one of our biggest debates -- the compatibil...
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