Routledge Library Editions: History & Philosophy of Science: 34-Volume Set

ISBN-13: 9780415593472 / Angielski / Twarda / 2008 / 8768 str.

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Opis

History and Philosophy of Science reprints a distinguished selection of important texts published in this field over the last century. This set presents a unique opportunity to gain comprehensive coverage of all aspects of the history and philosophy of science. It covers all major fields of scientific thought throughout history from Physics, Biology, and Cosmology to ESP and Alchemy. It includes texts on all the great historical scientific figures including Darwin, Copernicus, Archimedes and Hooker andcovers all main themes in science taking in creation, evolution, the development of scientific methodology and the future of science.For further information on this collection please email info.research@routledge.co.uk.

Spis treści

1. Evolution and Human Behaviour  2. Scientific Knowledge and Sociological Theory  3. Continuous Creation  4. Glimpsing Reality  5. Frames of Meaning  6. Darwin and the Naked Lady  7. Science, Industry and Society  8. British Scientists of the Nineteenth Century  9. British Scientists of the Twentieth Century  10. Empiricism, Explanation and Rationality  11. Evidence and Meaning  12. The Social Impact of Modern Biology  13. Boundaries of the Universe  14. The Scientific Revolution  15. The Common Scientist in the Seventeenth Century  16. Cooke and Wheatstone  17. Soviet Marxism and Natural Science  18. Objectivity, Science and Society  19. Experience and Theory  20. The Astronomical Revolution  21. Evolutionary Theory and Christian Belief  22. Induction and Intuition in Scientific Thought  23. Philosophy of Science and Sociology  24. Science, Technology and Economic Growth in the Eighteenth Century  25. The Royal Society: Concept and Creation  26. From Magic to Science: Francis Bacon  27. Science and Religion  28. Method in the Physical Sciences  29. Philosophy and Scientific Realism  30. Science and ESP  31. Evidence and Explanation in Social Science  32. Beyond Empiricism  33. Foundations of Inference in Natural Science  34. Explanation and Understanding  

O autorze

Multivolume collection by leading authors in the field