Philosophy of Science

Advocates of the evolutionary analogy claim that mechanisms governing scientific change are analogous to those at work in organic evolution above ...

In this bold, provocative account, the author argues that the phenomena of life and mind elude purely materialistic explanations. Living matter occ...

Algorithms are probably the most sophisticated tools that people have had at their disposal since the beginnings of human history. They have transf...

A radically new cosmological view from a groundbreaking neuroscientist who places the human brain at the center of humanity''s universe Renowned ne...

A crystal-clear, scientifically rigorous argument for the existence of free will, challenging what many scientists and scientifically minded philos...

ARE YOU A VIRTUOUS CYBORG? You do everything on your smartphone and love it - you are, now and forevermore, a cyborg. But how would you know if ...

Recent polls suggest that fewer than 40 percent of Americans believe in Darwin''s theory of evolution, despite it being one of science''s best-esta...

This innovative book concentrates on the important distinction between philosophy of medicine and medical philosophy, by expanding the focus from k...

Written for general readers of all religious backgrounds, Reason and Wonder introduces some of the most fruitful discussions now taking place betwe...

Using the insights of Owen Barfield (1898-1997) as his starting point, Linderman investigates the nature of consciousness, the Enlightenment, scien...

''Reading it will change the way you think about the universe'' Sean CarrollIn the coming decades, the technology that enables virtual and augmente...

*2022 Nautilus Book Award Gold Medal Winner: Ecology & Environment *2022 Nautilus Book Award Special Honors as Best of Anthology For readers ...

DNA ancestry companies generate revenues in the region of $1bn a year, and the company 23andMe is said to have sold 10 million DNA ancestry kits to...

What are genes? What do genes do? These questions are not simple and straightforward to answer; at the same time, simplistic answers are quite prev...

Modern science, with its causal and quantitative methods, has provided the basis for our technologically-driven society. But the technological prow...

For almost a century and a half, biologists have gone to the seashore to study life. The oceans contain rich biodiversity, and organisms at the int...

A book that finally demystifies Newtons experiments in alchemyWhen Isaac Newtons alchemical papers surfaced at a Sothebys auction in 1936, the quan...

This book is about the already present supremacy of technology in the contemporary world. As we speak, the mind is being substituted by thinking ma...

When it comes to big science, very few things are conclusively known. From Quantum Mechanics to Natural Selection, what we have instead are theorie...

Focused on mapping out contemporary and future domains in philosophy of technology, this volume serves as an excellent, forward-looking resource in...