Philosophy Social Aspects category: 5622 books
Beyond Mimesis and Convention
Representation in Art and Science
Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 2010
Representation is a concern crucial to the sciences and the arts alike. Scientists devote substantial time to devising and exploring representations of all kinds. From photographs and computer-generated images to diagrams, charts, and graphs; from scale models to abstract theories, representations...
Inheriting Possibility
Social Reproduction and Quantification in Education
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2017
How has the dominant social scientific paradigm limited our understanding of the impact of inherited economic resources, social privilege, and sociocultural practices on multigenerational inequality? In what ways might multiple forces of social difference haunt quantitative measurements of ability such...
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Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
An anthology of contemporary philosophy of science in Spain. Essays on 19th Century physics, the new cosmology, philosophy of biology, scientific rationality, philosophy of mathematics, phenomenology's account of scientific progress, science and ethics, philosophy of economics, methodology, and the philosophy of technology.
Education and the Kyoto School of Philosophy
Pedagogy for Human Transformation
Language: English
Release Date: July 4, 2012
The work of the Kyoto School represents one of the few streams of philosophy that originate in Japan. Following the cultural renaissance of the Meiji Restoration after Japan’s period of closure to the outside world (1600-1868), this distinctly Japanese thought found expression especially in the...
by Jonny Stryder
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2018
Bitcoin arrived in 2009. From nothing, cryptocurrency exploded to almost a trillion dollars market value in nine short years. Now Initial Coin Offerings clamor for attention and support. Demand for computer processors and electricity to run them soars. New Crypto millionaires reshape the economy. ...
Handbook of Social Influences in School Contexts
Social-Emotional, Motivation, and Cognitive Outcomes
Language: English
Release Date: January 13, 2016
The Handbook of Social Influences in School Contexts draws from a growing body of research on how and why various aspects of social relationships and contexts contribute to children’s social and academic functioning within school settings. Comprised of the latest studies in developmental and educational...
Exact Philosophy
Problems, Tools, and Goals
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
The papers that follow were read and discussed at the first Symposium on Exact Philosophy. This conference was held at Montreal on November 4th and 5th, 1971, to celebrate the sesquicentennial of McGill University and establish the Society for Exact Philosophy. The expression 'exact philosophy' is...
Historical and Philosophical Dimensions of Logic, Methodology and Philosophy of Science
Part Four of the Proceedings of the Fifth International Congress of Logic, Methodology and Philosophy of Science, London, Ontario, Canada-1975
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2013
The Fifth International Congress of Logic, Methodology and Philosophy of Science was held at the University of Western Ontario, London, Canada, 27 August to 2 September 1975. The Congress was held under the auspices of the International Union of History and Philosophy of Science, Division of Logic,...
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Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
In a world that peers over the brink of disaster more often than not it is difficult to find specific assignments for the scholarly community. One speaks of peace and brotherhood only to realize that for many the only real hope of making a contribution may seem to be in a field of scientific specialization...
by Dingmar van Eck
Language: English
Release Date: August 20, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: August 20, 2016
This book discusses the relationship between the philosophy of science and philosophy of engineering, and demonstrates how philosophers of engineering design as well as design researchers can benefit from the conceptual toolkit that the philosophy of science has to offer.
In this regard,...
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Language: English
Release Date: May 12, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: May 12, 2016
The Philosophy of Philip Kitcher contains eleven chapters on the work of noted philosopher Philip Kitcher, whose work is known for its broad range and insightfulness. Topics covered include philosophy of science, philosophy of biology, philosophy of mathematics, ethics, epistemology, and philosophy...
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Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2013
Scientific Philosophy: Origins and Development is the first Yearbook of the Vienna Circle Institute, which was founded in October 1991. The book contains original contributions to an international symposium which was the first public event to be organised by the Institute: `Vienna--Berlin--Prague:...
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Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2014
The Bloomsbury Companion to the Philosophy of Science presents a practical and up-to-date research resource to the philosophy of science.
Addressing fundamental questions asked by areas that have continued to attract interest historically, as well as recently-emerging areas of research, this...
Liberalism, Neoliberalism, Social Democracy
Thin Communitarian Perspectives on Political Philosophy and Education
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2009
The Credit Crunch of 2008 has exposed the fallacies of neoliberalism and its thesis of the self-regulating market, which has been ascendant in both economic theory and policy over the last 30 years. In moving beyond neoliberalism, social democratic arguments are once again coming to the fore; however,...