Geoffrey Gorham
ISBN10: 1851686843 ISBN13: 9781851686841
Publisher: Oneworld Publications
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 01 Sep 2009
The world didn't end on 10 September 2008 when they switched on the large Hadron Collider, but the possibility may have got you thinking: was it worth the risk? What is the point of scientific inquiry? Is science bringing us closer to the absolute... More
James Ladyman
ISBN10: 0415221579 ISBN13: 9780415221573
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Routledge
Edition: illustrated edition
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 08 Oct 2005
Without scientific theory, the technology developments of recent years would not have been possible. In this introduction to philosophy of science, James Ladyman explores the scope of natural science and its implications for human life. More
P D Magnus, Jacob Busch
ISBN10: 0230222641 ISBN13: 9780230222649
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 18 Dec 2009
This book captures the diverse array of issues in the rapidly developing area of philosophy of science by bringing together a pool of talented young philosophers from across the globe to debate the field and show where it's heading. More
Ted Benton, Ian Craib
ISBN10: 033377499X ISBN13: 9780333774991
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 18 Jun 2001
This is the first book in the new series, is a comprehensive introduction to philosophical problems in the social sciences, encompassing traditional and contemporary perspectives. It is readily accessible, with a firm emphasis on communicating... More
Alex Rosenberg
ISBN10: 0415343178 ISBN13: 9780415343176
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Routledge
Edition: 2nd New edition
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 25 Apr 2005
Philosophy of Science: A Contemporary Introduction introduces all the main themes in the philosophy of science, including the nature of causation, explanation, laws, theory, models, evidence, reductionism, probability, teleology, realism and... More
Alex Rosenburg (Duke University, Durham, USA), Yuri Balashov (University of Georgia, Athens, USA) Yuri Balashov, Alex Rosenberg
ISBN10: 0415257824 ISBN13: 9780415257824
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Routledge
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 25 Oct 2001
Preface Acknowledgements Pt. I Science and Philosophy 1 "The Future of Philosophy" by Moritz Schlick 82 "Biology and Its Philosophy" by Alex Rosenberg 22Pt. II Explanation, Causation, and Laws 3 "Two Models of Scientific Explanation" by Carl... More
Lange, Marc Marc Lange
ISBN10: 1405130342 ISBN13: 9781405130349
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Ltd
Edition: illustrated edition
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 03 Nov 2006
1 Empiricist criteria of cognitive significance : problems and changes by Carl G. Hempel 102 Studies in the logic of confirmation by Carl G. Hempel 343 Confirmation and relevance by Wesley C. Salmon 624 The new riddle of induction by Nelson... More
Allhoff, Fritz McGrew, Timothy Alspector-Kelly, Marc Allhoff, Fritz
ISBN10: 1405175427 ISBN13: 9781405175425
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell BLACKWELL PUBL
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 01 May 2009
By combining excerpts from key historical writings with commentary by experts, "Philosophy of Science: An Historical Anthology" provides a comprehensive history of the philosophy of science from ancient to modern times. Provides a comprehensive... More
Martin Hollis
ISBN10: 0521447801 ISBN13: 9780521447805
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 01 Sep 1994
This textbook by Martin Hollis offers an exceptionally clear and concise introduction to the philosophy of social science. It examines questions which give rise to fundamental philosophical issues. Are social structures better conceived of as... More
David Papineau
ISBN10: 0198751656 ISBN13: 9780198751656
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 20 Jun 1996
Introduction 1I The Natural Ontological Attitude by Arthur Fine 21II NOA's Ark - Fine for Realism by Alan Musgrave 45III Saving the Noumena by Lawrence Sklar 61IV To Save the Phenomena by Bas C. van Fraassen 82V Is the Best Good Enough? More
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