wyszukanych pozycji: 5
Science and the Pursuit of Wisdom: Studies in the Philosophy of Nicholas Maxwell
ISBN: 9783110319101 / Angielski / Twarda / 2009 / 324 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Nicholas Maxwell's provocative and highly-original philosophy of science urges a revolution in academic inquiry affecting all branches of learning, so that the single-minded pursuit of knowledge is replaced with the aim of helping people realize what is of value in life and make progress toward a more civilized world. This volume of essays from an international, interdisciplinary group of scholars engages Maxwell in critical evaluation and celebrates his contribution to philosophy spanning forty years. Several of the contributors, like Maxwell, took their inspiration from Sir Karl Popper's... Nicholas Maxwell's provocative and highly-original philosophy of science urges a revolution in academic inquiry affecting all branches of learning,... |
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744,22 zł |
The Event Universe: The Revisionary Metaphysics of Alfred North Whitehead
ISBN: 9781474474573 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 184 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. |
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124,41 zł |
The Event Universe: The Revisionary Metaphysics of Alfred North Whitehead
ISBN: 9781474400343 / Angielski / Twarda / 2015 / 200 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Leemon McHenry argues that Whitehead's metaphysics provides a better basis for achieving a unification of physical theory than a traditional substance metaphysics. He investigates the influence of Maxwell's electromagnetic field, Einstein's theory of relativity and quantum mechanics on the development of the ontology of events and compares Whitehead's theory to his contemporaries, C. D. Broad and Bertrand Russell, as well as W. V. Quine. In this way, McHenry defends the naturalised and speculative approach to metaphysics as opposed to analytical and linguistic methods that arose in the 20th...
Leemon McHenry argues that Whitehead's metaphysics provides a better basis for achieving a unification of physical theory than a traditional substance...
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498,46 zł |
Consciousness, Reality and Value: Essays in Honour of T. L. S. Sprigge
ISBN: 9783110328035 / Angielski / Twarda / 2007 / 331 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Timothy Sprigge has been a major player on the philosophical scene contributing to discussions as diverse as consciousness, the ontology of time, personal identity, animal rights, punishment, censorship and wider issues in metaphysics, ethics and the history of philosophy. He is, however, less well known for his own highly original system of metaphysics and ethics'a synthesis of Absolute Idealism, panpsychism and utilitarianism. The contributions gathered in this volume, written by philosophers of international reputation or by acknowledged scholars in their specialized fields of inquiry,... Timothy Sprigge has been a major player on the philosophical scene contributing to discussions as diverse as consciousness, the ontology of time, p... |
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744,22 zł |
The Illusion of Evidence-Based Medicine: Exposing the crisis of credibility in clinical research
ISBN: 9781743057247 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 330 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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190,51 zł |