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“barry gower”

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  • Scientific Method

    A Historical and Philosophical Introduction

    by Barry Gower ...
    The central theme running throughout this outstanding new survey is the nature of the philosophical debate created by modern science's foundation in experimental and mathematical method. More recently, recognition that reasoning in science is probabilistic generated intense debate about whether and how it should be constrained so as to ensure the practical certainty of the conclusions drawn. These ... Read more

    $55.99 USD

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  • Philosophy of Science: A Very Short Introduction

    by Samir Okasha ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    What is science? Is there a real difference between science and myth? Is science objective? Can science explain everything? This Very Short Introduction provides a concise overview of the main themes of contemporary philosophy of science. Beginning with a short history of science to set the scene, Samir Okasha goes on to investigate the nature of scientific reasoning, scientific explanation, ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • The Logic of Scientific Discovery

    by Karl Popper ...
    Series series Routledge Classics
    Described by the philosopher A.J. Ayer as a work of 'great originality and power', this book revolutionized contemporary thinking on science and knowledge. Ideas such as the now legendary doctrine of 'falsificationism' electrified the scientific community, influencing even working scientists, as well as post-war philosophy. This astonishing work ranks alongside The Open Society and Its Enemies as ... Read more

    $38.99 USD

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  • A Brief History of the Philosophy of Time

    by Adrian Bardon ...
    Adrian Bardon's A Brief History of the Philosophy of Time is a short introduction to the history, philosophy, and science of the study of time-from the pre-Socratic philosophers through Einstein and beyond. A Brief History of the Philosophy of Time covers subjects such as time and change, the experience of time, physical and metaphysical approaches to the nature of time, the direction of time, ... Read more

    $29.69 USD

  • Aristotle's Revenge

    The Metaphysical Foundations of Physical and Biological Science

    by Edward Feser ...
    Actuality and potentiality, substantial form and prime matter, efficient causality and teleology are among the fundamental concepts of Aristotelian philosophy of nature. Aristotle's Revenge argues that these concepts are not only compatible with modern science, but are implicitly presupposed by modern science. Among the many topics covered are the metaphysical presuppositions of scientific method; ... Read more

    $22.99 USD

  • Philosophy of Mathematics

    A Contemporary Introduction to the World of Proofs and Pictures

    by James Robert Brown ...
    Series series Routledge Contemporary Introductions to Philosophy
    In his long-awaited new edition of Philosophy of Mathematics, James Robert Brown tackles important new as well as enduring questions in the mathematical sciences. Can pictures go beyond being merely suggestive and actually prove anything? Are mathematical results certain? Are experiments of any real value?This clear and engaging book takes a unique approach, encompassing non-standard topics such ... Read more

    $57.99 USD

  • 50 Philosophy of Science Ideas You Really Need to Know

    by Gareth Southwell ...
    Series series 50 Ideas You Really Need to Know series
    Science first began as a branch of philosophy, but it has since grown up and moved out of the family home, and its successes have put its parent in the shade. Thanks to scientific knowledge we have walked on the Moon, cured once-fatal illnesses, and even identified the very building blocks of life and the universe. But it is these very successes that underline the need for philosophy.How much ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • Philosophy of Science: Teach Yourself

    by Mel Thompson ...
    A modern understanding of the world is unthinkable without science, but what exactly is it? What does it mean to say that something is 'scientific'? How are its results justified? From the genetic basis of life, to the structures of the universe and the atom, TEACH YOURSELF PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE explores how the key ideas that shape our world have been developed.- Investigate the history of ... Read more

    $2.99 USD

  • Philosophy of Science

    A Contemporary Introduction

    by Alex Rosenberg ...
    Series series Routledge Contemporary Introductions to Philosophy
    Any serious student attempting to better understand the nature, methods and justification of science will value Alex Rosenberg’s updated and substantially revised Third Edition of Philosophy of Science: A Contemporary Introduction. Weaving together lucid explanations and clear analyses, the volume is a much-used, thematically oriented introduction to the field.New features of the Third Edition ... Read more

    $66.99 USD

  • Why Is There Philosophy of Mathematics At All?

    by Ian Hacking ...
    This truly philosophical book takes us back to fundamentals - the sheer experience of proof, and the enigmatic relation of mathematics to nature. It asks unexpected questions, such as 'what makes mathematics mathematics?', 'where did proof come from and how did it evolve?', and 'how did the distinction between pure and applied mathematics come into being?' In a wide-ranging discussion that is both ... Read more

    $28.69 USD

  • Quantum Theory and the Schism in Physics

    From the Postscript to The Logic of Scientific Discovery

    by Karl Popper ...
    Quantum Theory and the Schism in Physics is one of the three volumes of Karl Popper’s Postscript to the Logic of scientific Discovery. The Postscript is the culmination of Popper’s work in the philosophy of physics and a new famous attack on subjectivist approaches to philosophy of science.Quantum Theory and the Schism in Physics is the third volume of the Postscript. It may be read independently, ... Read more

    $73.99 USD

  • The Metaphysics Within Physics

    by Tim Maudlin ...
    What fundamental account of the world is implicit in physical theory? Physics straightforwardly postulates quarks and electrons, but what of the more intangible elements, such as laws of nature, universals, causation and the direction of time? Do they have a place in the physical structure of the world? Tim Maudlin argues that the ontology derived from physics takes a form quite different from ... Read more

    $36.89 USD