Philosophy of Science Books

New and Published Books – Page 2

11. Method in the Physical Sciences

    By G Schlesinger

    Series: Routledge Library Editions: History & Philosophy of Science

    Originally published in 1963. Can one discern certain regularities in the manoeuvrings and techniques employed by scientists and can these be formulated into the methodological principles of science? What is the origin and basis of such principles? Are they imposed by objective realities, do they...

    Published April 9th 2013 by Routledge
12. Science and the Media

    Alternative Routes to Scientific Communications

    By Massimiano Bucchi

    Series: Routledge Studies in Science, Technology and Society

    In the days of global warming and BSE, science is increasingly a public issue. This book provides a theoretical framework which allows us to understand why and how scientists address the general public. The author develops the argument that turning to the public is not simply a response to...

    Published March 21st 2013 by Routledge
13. Induction and Intuition in Scientific Thought

    By P B Medawar

    Series: Routledge Library Editions: History & Philosophy of Science

    Originally published in 1969. This book explains what is wrong with the traditional methodology of "inductive" reasoning and shows that the alternative scheme of reasoning associated with Whewell, Pierce and Popper can give the scientist a useful insight into the way he thinks....

    Published March 21st 2013 by Routledge
14. Frames of Meaning

    The Social Construction of Extraordinary Science

    By H M & T J Collins & Pinch

    Series: Routledge Library Editions: History & Philosophy of Science

    Originally published in 1982. Taking a radical interpretation of the Kuhnian concept of paradigm incommensurability, the authors begin by discussing the difficulties of gaining access to the ideas of communities with different rational categories, and then define the subject area of parapsychology,...

    Published March 21st 2013 by Routledge
15. Emergence in Science and Philosophy

    Edited by Antonella Corradini, Timothy O'Connor

    Series: Routledge Studies in the Philosophy of Science

    The concept of emergence has seen a significant resurgence in philosophy and the sciences, yet debates regarding emergentist and reductionist visions of the natural world continue to be hampered by imprecision or ambiguity. Emergent phenomena are said to arise out of and be sustained by more basic...

    Published March 20th 2013 by Routledge
16. Arguing About Human Nature

    Contemporary Debates

    Edited by Stephen M. Downes, Edouard Machery

    Series: Arguing About Philosophy

    Arguing About Human Nature covers recent debates--arising from biology, philosophy, psychology, and physical anthropology--that together systematically examine what it means to be human. Thirty-five essays--several of them appearing here for the first time in print--were carefully selected to...

    Published March 18th 2013 by Routledge
17. Boundaries of the Universe

    By John S Glasby

    Series: Routledge Library Editions: History & Philosophy of Science

    The boundaries of space exploration are being pushed back constantly, but the realm of the partially understood and the totally unknown is as great as ever. Among other things this book deals with astronomical instruments and their application, recent discoveries in the solar system, stellar...

    Published March 11th 2013 by Routledge
18. Beyond Empiricism

    Philosophy of Science in Sociology

    Edited by Andrew Tudor

    Series: Routledge Library Editions: History & Philosophy of Science

    Originally published in 1982. This volume explores some features of modern philosophy of science from the point of view of their utility for sociology’s self-understanding. Recently philosophers of science have broken with the empiricism once fundamental to their discipline, and have sought...

    Published March 11th 2013 by Routledge
19. The Metaphysics of Powers

    Their Grounding and their Manifestations

    Edited by Anna Marmodoro

    Series: Routledge Studies in Metaphysics

    Published January 28th 2013 by Routledge
20. Contrastivism in Philosophy

    Edited by Martijn Blaauw

    Series: Routledge Studies in Contemporary Philosophy

    Contrastivism can be applied to a variety of problems within philosophy, and as such, it can be coherently seen as a unified movement. This volume brings together state-of-the-art research on the contrastive treatment of philosophical concepts and questions, including knowledge, belief, free will,...

    Published December 18th 2012 by Routledge