Philosophy of Science

This book is a result from a collective study on philosophy of scientific practice (PSP), which began around 2002 and still ongoing. There is an ap...

Fundamental Causation addresses issues in the metaphysics of deterministic singular causation, the metaphysics of events, property instances, facts...

In this groundbreaking book, Manuel DeLanda analyzes different genres of simulation, from cellular automata and generic algorithms to neural nets a...

Robert John Ackermann deals decisively with the problem of relativism that has plagued post-empiricist philosophy of science. Recognizing that theo...

The Anthropocene defines the here-and-now time period on Earth of indelible (and possibly irreversible) human disturbance to the natural world, fro...

The Anthropocene defines the here-and-now time period on Earth of indelible (and possibly irreversible) human disturbance to the natural world, fro...

Since antiquity, opposed concepts such a s t he One and the Many, the Finite and the Infinite, and the Absolute and the Relative, have been a drivi...

Feminist theorist and philosopher Donna Haraway has substantially impacted thought on science, cyberculture, the environment, animals, and social r...

Presenting a ground-breaking view of technology trends and their impact on our society, Artificial Era contributes to the current debate about the ...

The final book in Santayana''s masterwork of philosophical naturalism argues that science crowns the life of reason. Santayana''s Life of Reason...

Skillfully deploying a large cast of characters, Sheehan retraces the development of Marxist philosophy of science through detailed and highly read...

Quantum theory underpins much of modern physics and its implications draw the attention of industry, academia and public funding agencies. However ...

This book integrates philosophy of science, data acquisition methods, and statistical modeling techniques to present readers with a forward-thinkin...

Martin Harwit, author of the influential book Cosmic Discovery, asks key questions about the scope of observational astronomy. Humans have long sou...

This book integrates philosophy of science, data acquisition methods, and statistical modeling techniques to present readers with a forward-thinkin...

Do we need to reconsider scientific methodology in light of modern physics? Has the traditional scientific method become outdated, does it need to ...

When making decisions, people naturally face uncertainty about the potential consequences of their actions due in part to limits in their capacity ...

What is a language? What do scientific grammars tell us about the structure of individual languages and human language in general? What kind of sci...

What are the features of a good scientific theory? Samuel Schindler's book revisits this classical question in the philosophy of science and develo...