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Major Works: Philosophy of Science

You are currently browsing 31–36 of 36 new and published major works in the subject of Philosophy of Science — sorted by publish date from newer books to older books.

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Titles published by Routledge Major Works cover an abundance of literature on leading and influential figures, key concepts, topics and sub-disciplines across the social sciences, humanities, behavioural sciences and law.

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  1. Francis Bacon: From Magic to Science

    By Paolo Rossi

    Series: Routledge Library Editions: History & Philosophy of Science

    Originally published in 1968. This volume discusses Francis Bacon’s thought and work in the context of the European cultural environment that influenced Bacon’s philosophy and was in turn influenced by it. It examines the influence of magical and alchemical traditions on Bacon and his opposition to...

    Published August 14th 2008 by Routledge

  2. Continuous Creation

    A Biological Concept of the Nature of Matter

    By Wilfred Branfield

    Series: Routledge Library Editions: History & Philosophy of Science

    Originally published in 1950, this book challenged the basis of our beliefs about the relation of life to matter. Already aware that chalk, limestone and coal seams are the residues of ancient life, the author suggests that this knowledge may also be applied to the rest of matter. In that...

    Published August 14th 2008 by Routledge

  3. 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 August 14th 2008 by Routledge

  4. The Philosophy of Time

    Edited by L Nathan Oaklander

    Series: Critical Concepts in Philosophy

    What is the nature of temporal passage—the movement of events or moments of time from the future through the present into the past? Is the future and the past as real as the present, or is the present—or perhaps the present and the past—all that exists? What role, if any, does language play in...

    Published June 25th 2008 by Routledge

  5. Knowledge

    Edited by Reiner Grundmann, Nico Stehr

    Series: Critical Concepts

    Knowledge is of crucial, and growing importance in social, political and economic relations in modern society. The range and variety of available knowledge dramatically enlarges the available options of social action. This five volume collection brings together a broad array of contributions from...

    Published June 22nd 2005 by Routledge

  6. The Origins of Modern Philosophy of Science 1830-1914

    Edited by Andrew Pyle

    This collection of nineteenth-century works on philosophy of science contains contributions in the classification of the sciences, methodology and the philsophy of Nature. It is invaluable for the study of Victorian conceptions of science....

    Published January 3rd 1996 by Routledge

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