Philosophy of Science

The philosophy of science is concerned with the assumptions, foundations, methods and implications of science. It is also concerned with the use an...

Human 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...

This book provides realistic answers to hotly debated scientific topics: Science is about quantitative aspects of natural realities (physical, chem...

Properly analyzed, the collective mythological and religious writings of humanity reveal that around 1500 BC, a comet swept perilously close to Ear...

This book is a long-awaited major statement by a pre-eminent analytic philosopher, Alvin Plantinga, on one of our biggest debates -- the compatibil...

Winner of the Frank Watson Prize in Scottish History, 2011 The relationship between science and civil society is essential to our understanding of ...

Quantum theory is widely regarded as one of the most successful theories in the history of science. It explains a hugely diverse array of phenomena...

Map making and, ultimately, map thinking is ubiquitous across literature, cosmology, mathematics, psychology, and genetics. We partition, summarize...

One of the greatest challenges in fundamental physics is to reconcile quantum mechanics and general relativity in a theory of quantum gravity. A su...

Quantum mechanics impacts on many areas of physics from pure theory to applications. However it is difficult to interpret, and philosophical contra...

The European Digital Art and Science Network was initiated in 2015 with the aim of connecting the microcosm and macrocosm of science with the digit...

Zoo Ethics examines the workings of modern zoos and considers the core ethical challenges faced by people who choose to hold and display animals in...

The universe that science reveals to us can seem far outside the comfort zone of the human mind. Subjects near and far open up dizzying vistas, fro...

In his newest work, distinguished philosopher Jude P. Dougherty challenges contemporary empiricisms and other accounts of science that reduce it to...

A literary genre that pervades 21st-century popular culture, science fiction creates mythologies that make statements about humanity's place in ...

Evidence now points to consciousness existing beyond the brain, such as when the brain is temporarily incapacitated, as well as to the survival of ...

After the historiographic revolution in science studies of the 1960''''s, philosophers began to envision science as a product of historical and soc...

The story of the search for life on Marsand the moral issues confronting us as we prepare to send humans thereDoes life exist on Mars? The question...

The authors rethink the world of physics and give their wildest ideas and theories to the reader and try to answer these questions:What about the p...

This is a work that examines the many mysteries and anomalies regarding our Moon. It has been said that there is no scientific consensus of opinion...

Is mathematics a discovery or an invention? Do numbers truly exist? What sort of reality do formulas describe?The complexity of mathematics - its a...

Paul Feyerabend's globally acclaimed work, which sparked and continues to stimulate fierce debate, examines the deficiencies of many widespread ide...

The applications of Artificial Intelligence lie all around us; in our homes, schools and offices, in our cinemas, in art galleries and - not least ...