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The Prism of Science
The Israel Colloquium: Studies in History, Philosophy, and Sociology of Science Volume 2
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
This is the second volume of Proceedings of the Israel Colloquium for the History, Philosophy and Sociology of Science. At the time that this preface is being written, the fourth annual series of lectures within the framework of the Israel Colloquium is already behind us and the fifth is underway....
Plato at the Googleplex
Why Philosophy Won't Go Away
Language: English
Release Date: March 4, 2014
Is philosophy obsolete? Are the ancient questions still relevant in the age of cosmology and neuroscience, not to mention crowd-sourcing and cable news? The acclaimed philosopher and novelist Rebecca Newberger Goldstein provides a dazzlingly original plunge into the drama of philosophy, revealing...
Exceptional Technologies
A Continental Philosophy of Technology
Language: English
Release Date: August 23, 2018
A discussion of the rapidly growing field, from a thinker at the forefront of research at the interface of technology and the humanities, this is a must-read for anyone interested in contemporary developments in Continental philosophy and philosophy of technology.
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The Romantic Conception of Life
Science and Philosophy in the Age of Goethe
Language: English
Release Date: April 6, 2010
"All art should become science and all science art; poetry and philosophy should be made one." Friedrich Schlegel's words perfectly capture the project of the German Romantics, who believed that the aesthetic approaches of art and literature could reveal patterns and meaning in nature that...
Philosophy of Science
Volume 2, From Explanation to Justification
Language: English
Release Date: September 4, 2017
Originally published as Scientific Research, this pair of volumes constitutes a fundamental treatise on the strategy of science. Mario Bunge, one of the major figures of the century in the development of a scientific epistemology, describes and analyzes scientific philosophy, as well as discloses...
Dewey’s Social Philosophy
Democracy as Education
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2014
Dewey is known for education theories to promote democracy, but what is democracy for? His philosophy advanced democracy as education itself, reaching higher levels of social intelligence. Praising community or promoting rights doesn't get to the heart of Dewey's vision, which seeks everyone's good in a social life that is intelligently lived.
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Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2010
This volume defends a novel approach to the philosophy of physics: it is the first book devoted to a comparative study of probability, causality, and propensity, and their various interrelations, within the context of contemporary physics -- particularly quantum and statistical physics. The philosophical...
Proceedings of the Boston Colloquium for the Philosophy of Science 1964/1966
In Memory of Norwood Russell Hanson
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
This third volume of Boston Studies in the Philosophy of Science contains papers which are based upon Colloquia from 1964 to 1966. In most cases, they have been substantially modified subsequent to presentation and discussion. Once again we publish work which goes beyond technical analysis of scientific...
by Lars-Göran Johansson
Language: English
Release Date: December 17, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: December 17, 2015
This textbook offers an introduction to the philosophy of science. It helps undergraduate students from the natural, the human and social sciences to gain an understanding of what science is, how it has developed, what its core traits are, how to distinguish between science and pseudo-science and...
The Philosophy of Logical Mechanism
Essays in Honor of Arthur W. Burks, With his responses
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
This work is divided into two parts. Part I contains sixteen critical es says by prominent philosophers and computer scientists. Their papers offer insightful, well-argued contemporary views of a broad range of topics that lie at the heart of philosophy in the second half of the twen tieth century:...
Québec Studies in the Philosophy of Science
Part II: Biology, Psychology, Cognitive Science and Economics Essays in Honor of Hugues Leblanc
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
By North-American standards, philosophy is not new in Quebec: the first men tion of philosophy lectures given by a Jesuit in the College de Quebec (founded 1635) dates from 1665, and the oldest logic manuscript dates from 1679. In English-speaking universities such as McGill (founded 1829), philosophy...
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Language: English
Release Date: September 9, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: September 9, 2015
This volume showcases the best of recent research in the philosophy of science. A compilation of papers presented at the EPSA 13, it explores a broad distribution of topics such as causation, truthlikeness, scientific representation, gender-specific medicine, laws of nature, science funding and...
The Origins of American Philosophy of Education
Its Development as a Distinct Discipline, 1808–1913
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
John Dewey once wrote: "Education is such an important interest of life that . . . we should expect to find a philosophy of education, just as there is a philosophy of art and of religion. We should expect, that is, such a treatment of the subject as would show that the nature of existence renders...
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Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Feminism, Science, and the Philosophy of Science brings together original essays by both feminist and mainstream philosophers of science that examine issues at the intersections of feminism, science, and the philosophy of science. Contributors explore parallels and tensions between feminist approaches...