Philosophy of Science

First published in 1956 The Language of Modern Physics gives a complete account of the concepts both of classical and quantum physics. The first pa...

What if judgment returned to the craft of magic? How would that relieve the burdens of critique and realign its priorities? These questions regardi...

What if judgment returned to the craft of magic? How would that relieve the burdens of critique and realign its priorities? These questions regardi...

The philosophy of Raymond Ruyer was an important if subterranean influence on twentieth-century French thought, and explicitly engaged with by figu...

The philosophy of Raymond Ruyer was an important if subterranean influence on twentieth-century French thought, and explicitly engaged with by figu...

The great paradox of science in the twentieth century is that the more we learn, the less we seem to know. In this volume, John Templeton and scien...

This book discusses the philosophical work of Décio Krause. Non-individuality, as a new metaphysical category, was thought to be strongly supported...

The book presents a re-reading of H. G. Wells' novel The Island of Doctor Moreau as a key to addressing the controversies of our own humanity. Ron ...

The ideology that underlies the concept of race has a long history. For centuries that ideology has spun supernaturalist and scientistic stories ab...

Scientific literacy is an essential aspect of any undergraduate education. Recipes for Science responds to this need by providing an accessible int...

Bayesian ideas have recently been applied across such diverse fields as philosophy, statistics, economics, psychology, artificial intelligence, and...

Der vorliegende Band dokumentiert Schlicks fast vier Jahrzehnte währende, auf den ersten Blick immer noch überraschende und von der Forschung bishe...

Bayesian ideas have recently been applied across such diverse fields as philosophy, statistics, economics, psychology, artificial intelligence, and...

From a Forbes 30 Under 30 scientist comes a fascinating exploration into how the brain creates our conscious experiencespotentially revolutionizing...

Science and the rule of law are the two pillars of modernity. Even though both result from the attempt to employ reason to limit the exercise of po...

This book offers a step-by-step introduction to an integrated theory of physical and biological evolution, from the early universe to the world we ...

This book presents key documents from the pre-1915 history of the extraterrestrial life debate. Introductions and commentaries accompany each sourc...

Disagreement is one of the deepest and most pervasive topics in philosophy; arguably its very bedrock, and is an ever-increasing feature of politic...

A multidisciplinary exploration of extinction and what comes next What comes after extinction? Including both prominent and unusual voices in curre...

The leading idea of epistemology in the Enlightenment tradition was foundation-theoretic: to reach knowledge, we must not legitimize our beliefs by...

What is the nature of the 'laws' that Marx and Engels sought to formulate for the development of capitalism? How to understand and judge Engels's a...

This handbook offers the first comprehensive reference guide to the interdisciplinary field of model-based reasoning. It highlights the role of mod...

While the governance of human existence is organised ever-increasingly around life and its potential to proliferate beyond all limits, much critica...

The hydra rears its many heads in a flurry of teeth and poisonous fumes. The cyborg lays waste to humanity with a ruthless, expressionless stare.Fr...