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Showing 1 - 12 of 12 results for “marcel weber”
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  • Philosophy of Developmental Biology

    by Marcel Weber ...
    Series series Elements in the Philosophy of Biology
    The history of developmental biology is interwoven with debates as to whether mechanistic explanations of development are possible or whether alternative explanatory principles or even vital forces need to be assumed. In particular, the demonstrated ability of embryonic cells to tune their developmental fate precisely to their relative position and the overall size of the embryo was once thought ... Read more

    $20.49 USD

  • New Directions in the Philosophy of Science

    Edited by Maria Carla Galavotti, Dennis Dieks, Wenceslao J. Gonzalez, Stephan Hartmann, Thomas Uebel, Marcel Weber ...
    Series series Philosophy and Religion (R0)
    This volume sheds light on still unexplored issues and raises new questions in the main areas addressed by the philosophy of science. Bringing together selected papers from three main events, the book presents the most advanced scientific results in the field and suggests innovative lines for further investigation. It explores how discussions on several notions of the philosophy of science can ... Read more

    $242.99 USD

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    From Neurons to Self

    by Rodolfo R. Llinas ...
    A highly original theory of how the mind-brain works, based on the author's study of single neuronal cells.In I of the Vortex, Rodolfo Llinas, a founding father of modern brain science, presents an original view of the evolution and nature of mind. According to Llinas, the "mindness state" evolved to allow predictive interactions between mobile creatures and their environment. He illustrates the ... Read more

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  • Mind and Cosmos:Why the Materialist Neo-Darwinian Conception of Nature Is Almost Certainly False

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    by Thomas Nagel ...
    The modern materialist approach to life has conspicuously failed to explain such central mind-related features of our world as consciousness, intentionality, meaning, and value. This failure to account for something so integral to nature as mind, argues philosopher Thomas Nagel, is a major problem, threatening to unravel the entire naturalistic world picture, extending to biology, evolutionary ... Read more

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  • The Empire of Chance

    How Probability Changed Science and Everyday Life

    by Gerd Gigerenzer, Zeno Swijtink, Theodore Porter, Lorraine Daston, John Beatty, Lorenz Kruger ...
    Series Book 12 - Ideas in Context
    The Empire of Chance tells how quantitative ideas of chance transformed the natural and social sciences, as well as daily life over the last three centuries. A continuous narrative connects the earliest application of probability and statistics in gambling and insurance to the most recent forays into law, medicine, polling and baseball. Separate chapters explore the theoretical and methodological ... Read more

    $28.69 USD

  • Main Trends in the Science of Language (Routledge Revivals)

    by Roman Jakobson ...
    Series series Routledge Revivals
    First published in Great Britain in 1973, Main Trends in the Science of Language was part of a series of books that resulted from a study carried out by UNESCO in collaboration with national and international research centres in the social sciences, as well as with groups of individual scholars. The book examines the position of linguistics in the years surrounding the publication of the book ... Read more

    $48.99 USD

  • Philosophy of Biology

    by Peter Godfrey-Smith ...
    Series series Princeton Foundations of Contemporary Philosophy
    An essential introduction to the philosophy of biologyThis is a concise, comprehensive, and accessible introduction to the philosophy of biology written by a leading authority on the subject. Geared to philosophers, biologists, and students of both, the book provides sophisticated and innovative coverage of the central topics and many of the latest developments in the field. Emphasizing ... Read more

    $20.19 USD

  • A Companion to the Philosophy of Time

    Edited by Adrian Bardon, Heather Dyke ...
    Series Book 154 - Blackwell Companions to Philosophy
    A Companion to the Philosophy of Time presents the broadest treatment of this subject yet; 32 specially commissioned articles - written by an international line-up of experts – provide an unparalleled reference work for students and specialists alike in this exciting field.The most comprehensive reference work on the philosophy of time currently availableThe first collection to tackle the ... Read more

    $50.00 USD

  • The Oxford Handbook of Philosophy of Science

    Edited by Paul Humphreys ...
    Series series Oxford Handbooks
    This handbook provides both an overview of state-of-the-art scholarship in philosophy of science, as well as a guide to new directions in the discipline. Section I contains broad overviews of the main lines of research and the state of established knowledge in six principal areas of the discipline, including computational, physical, biological, psychological and social sciences, as well as general ... Read more

    $53.09 USD

  • The Philosophy of Science

    The Systems, Validity, and Ethics of Scientific Inquiry

    by Marie Wahl ...
    Series series Scientific Inquiry: Concepts, Methods, and Theories
    The scientific discoveries of ancient philosophers such as Aristotle were considered to be in the realm of "natural philosophy." Today philosophy and science are considered separate disciplines, yet each illuminates and complements the other. Modern philosophers are apt to pose important questions about the logic behind and validity of scientific practices. This comprehensive volume explains how ... Read more

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  • The Cognitive Science of Science

    Explanation, Discovery, and Conceptual Change

    by Paul Thagard ...
    A cognitive science perspective on scientific development, drawing on philosophy, psychology, neuroscience, and computational modeling.Many disciplines, including philosophy, history, and sociology, have attempted to make sense of how science works. In this book, Paul Thagard examines scientific development from the interdisciplinary perspective of cognitive science. Cognitive science combines ... Read more

    $34.99 USD

  • Arguing About Science

    Edited by Alexander Bird, James Ladyman ...
    Series series Arguing About Philosophy
    Arguing About Science is an outstanding, engaging introduction to the essential topics in philosophy of science, edited by two leading experts in the field. This exciting and innovative anthology contains a selection of classic and contemporary readings that examine a broad range of issues, from classic problems such as scientific reasoning; causation; and scientific realism, to more recent topics ... Read more

    $80.99 USD