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  • The New Mechanical Philosophy

    by Stuart Glennan ...
    The New Mechanical Philosophy argues for a new image of nature and of science--one that understands both natural and social phenomena to be the product of mechanisms, and that casts the work of science as an effort to discover and understand those mechanisms. Drawing on an expanding literature on mechanisms in physical, life, and social sciences, Stuart Glennan offers an account of the nature of ... Read more

    $21.89 USD

  • Causation: The Basics

    by Stuart Glennan ...
    Series series The Basics
    Causation: The Basics explores questions about what causes are, and how we come to know them, describe them, and put them to use. The book begins with an introduction to the history of philosophical thinking about causation, followed by a series of chapters introducing important contemporary accounts of causation. It concludes with chapters on causation and agency, causal discovery, and causal ... Read more

    $26.99 USD

  • The Routledge Handbook of Mechanisms and Mechanical Philosophy

    Edited by Stuart Glennan, Phyllis Illari ...
    Series series Routledge Handbooks in Philosophy
    Scientists studying the burning of stars, the evolution of species, DNA, the brain, the economy, and social change, all frequently describe their work as searching for mechanisms. Despite this fact, for much of the twentieth century philosophical discussions of the nature of mechanisms remained outside philosophy of science.The Routledge Handbook of Mechanisms and Mechanical Philosophy is an ... Read more

    $68.99 USD

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    Biology, Phenomenology, and the Sciences of Mind

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    How is life related to the mind? The question has long confounded philosophers and scientists, and it is this so-called explanatory gap between biological life and consciousness that Evan Thompson explores in Mind in Life.Thompson draws upon sources as diverse as molecular biology, evolutionary theory, artificial life, complex systems theory, neuroscience, psychology, Continental Phenomenology, ... Read more

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  • Matter and Consciousness, third edition

    by Paul M. Churchland ...
    An updated edition of an authoritative text showing the relevance for philosophy of mind of theoretical and experimental results in the natural sciences.In Matter and Consciousness, Paul Churchland presents a concise and contemporary overview of the philosophical issues surrounding the mind and explains the main theories and philosophical positions that have been proposed to solve them. Making the ... Read more

    $21.99 USD

  • The Ontogeny of Information

    Developmental Systems and Evolution

    by Susan Oyama ...
    Series series Science and Cultural Theory
    The Ontogeny of Information is a critical intervention into the ongoing and perpetually troubling nature-nurture debates surrounding human development. Originally published in 1985, this was a foundational text in what is now the substantial field of developmental systems theory. In this revised edition Susan Oyama argues compellingly that nature and nurture are not alternative influences on human ... Read more

    $22.29 USD

  • Plato's Camera

    How the Physical Brain Captures a Landscape of Abstract Universals

    by Paul M. Churchland ...
    A noted philosopher draws on the empirical results and conceptual resources of cognitive neuroscience to address questions about the nature of knowledge.In Plato's Camera, eminent philosopher Paul Churchland offers a novel account of how the brain constructs a representation—or "takes a picture"—of the universe's timeless categorical and dynamical structure. This construction process, which begins ... 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

  • 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

  • Understanding Perspectivism

    Scientific Challenges and Methodological Prospects

    Edited by Michela Massimi, Casey D. McCoy ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in the Philosophy of Science
    This edited collection is the first of its kind to explore the view called perspectivism in philosophy of science. The book brings together an array of essays that reflect on the methodological promises and scientific challenges of perspectivism in a variety of fields such as physics, biology, cognitive neuroscience, and cancer research, just as a few examples. What are the advantages of using a ... Read more

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  • Philosophy of Biology

    A Contemporary Introduction

    by Alex Rosenberg, Daniel W. McShea ...
    Series series Routledge Contemporary Introductions to Philosophy
    Is life a purely physical process? What is human nature? Which of our traits is essential to us? In this volume, Daniel McShea and Alex Rosenberg – a biologist and a philosopher, respectively – join forces to create a new gateway to the philosophy of biology; making the major issues accessible and relevant to biologists and philosophers alike.Exploring concepts such as supervenience; the ... Read more

    $61.99 USD

  • Causality

    Philosophical Theory meets Scientific Practice

    by Phyllis Illari, Federica Russo ...
    Head hits cause brain damage - but not always. Should we ban sport to protect athletes? Exposure to electromagnetic fields is strongly associated with cancer development - does that mean exposure causes cancer? Should we encourage old fashioned communication instead of mobile phones to reduce cancer rates? According to popular wisdom, the Mediterranean diet keeps you healthy. Is this belief ... Read more

    $48.59 USD