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Realism and the Aim of Science: From the PostScript to the Logic of Scientific Discovery
ISBN: 9780415084000 / Angielski / Miękka / 464 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Realism and the Aim of Science is one of the three volumes of Karl Popper s Postscript to the Logic of scientific Discovery. The Postscript is the culmination of Popper s work in the philosophy of physics and a new famous attack on subjectivist approaches to philosophy of science. Realism and the Aim of Science is the first volume of the Postcript. Popper here formulates and explains his non-justificationist theory of knowledge: science aims at true explanatory theories, yet it can never prove, or justify, any theory to be true,... Realism and the Aim of Science is one of the three volumes of Karl Popper s Postscript to the Logic of scientific Discovery. The ... |
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192,97 zł |
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Universes
ISBN: 9780415139557 / Angielski / Miękka / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Universes discusses the alleged evidence of fine tuning; mechanisms by which a varied set of Universes might be generated, and whether belief in God could be preferable to accepting universes in vast numbers.
Universes discusses the alleged evidence of fine tuning; mechanisms by which a varied set of Universes might be generated, and whether belief in God c...
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198,19 zł |
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The End of the World: The Science and Ethics of Human Extinction
ISBN: 9780415140430 / Angielski / Twarda / 328 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Are we in imminent danger of extinction? Yes, we probably are, argues John Leslie in his chilling account of the dangers facing the human race as we approach the second millenium.
The End of the World is a sobering assessment of the many disasters that scientists have predicted and speculated on as leading to apocalypse. In the first comprehensive survey, potential catastrophes - ranging from deadly diseases to high-energy physics experiments - are explored to help us understand the risks. One of the greatest threats facing humankind, however, is the insurmountable fact that... Are we in imminent danger of extinction? Yes, we probably are, argues John Leslie in his chilling account of the dangers facing the human race as we a...
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704,29 zł |
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The Ethics of Science: An Introduction
ISBN: 9780415166980 / Angielski / Miękka / 232 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Ethics of Science is a comprehensive and student-friendly introduction to the study of ethics in science and scientific research. The book covers:
* Science and Ethics * Ethical Theory and Applications * Science as a Profession * Standards of Ethical Conduct in Science * Objectivity in Research * Ethical Issues in the Laboratory * The Scientist in Society * Toward a More Ethical Science * Actual case studies include: Baltimore Affair * cold fusion * Milikan's oil drop experiments * human and animal cloning * Cold War experiments * Strategic... Ethics of Science is a comprehensive and student-friendly introduction to the study of ethics in science and scientific research. The book co...
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192,97 zł |
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Science, Order and Creativity Second Edition
ISBN: 9780415171830 / Angielski / Miękka / 328 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The authors argue that science has lost its way in recent years and needs to go beyond a narrow and fragmented view of nature and embrace a wider holistic view that restores the importance of creativity and communication for all humanity.
The authors argue that science has lost its way in recent years and needs to go beyond a narrow and fragmented view of nature and embrace a wider holi...
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151,24 zł |
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On Creativity
ISBN: 9780415173957 / Angielski / Twarda / 152 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Creativity is fundamental to human experience. In On Creativity David Bohm, the world-renowned scientist, investigates the phenomenon from all sides: not only the creativity of invention and of imagination but also that of perception and of discovery. This is a remarkable and life-affirming book by one of the most far-sighted thinkers of modern times.
Creativity is fundamental to human experience. In On Creativity David Bohm, the world-renowned scientist, investigates the phenomenon from al...
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626,03 zł |
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The Northridge Earthquake : Vulnerability and Disaster
ISBN: 9780415178976 / Angielski / Twarda / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This text argues that Natural disasters have more to do with the social, political, and economic aspects than they do with the environmental hazards that trigger them. Disasters occur at the interface of vulnerable people and hazardous environments. The author concentrates on the social aspects of disaster, focusing on the most expensive disaster to date in US history, the Northridge earthquake of 1994, to examine the facets of vulnerability and post-disaster recovery strategies. Surveying the historical and contemporary aspects of life in Southern California the author explains how...
This text argues that Natural disasters have more to do with the social, political, and economic aspects than they do with the environmental hazards t...
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965,13 zł |
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Philosophy and Computing: An Introduction
ISBN: 9780415180245 / Angielski / Twarda / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Philosophy and Computing explores each of the following areas of technology: the digital revolution; the computer; the Internet and the Web; CD-ROMs and Mulitmedia; databases, textbases, and hypertexts; Artificial Intelligence; the future of computing.
Luciano Floridi shows us how the relationship between philosophy and computing provokes a wide range of philosophical questions: is there a philosophy of information? What can be achieved by a classic computer? How can we define complexity? What are the limits of quantam computers? Is the Internet an intellectual space or a polluted... Philosophy and Computing explores each of the following areas of technology: the digital revolution; the computer; the Internet and the Web; ...
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678,21 zł |
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Philosophy and Computing: An Introduction
ISBN: 9780415180252 / Angielski / Miękka / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Philosophy and Computing explores each of the following areas of technology: the digital revolution; the computer; the Internet and the Web; CD-ROMs and Mulitmedia; databases, textbases, and hypertexts; Artificial Intelligence; the future of computing.
Luciano Floridi shows us how the relationship between philosophy and computing provokes a wide range of philosophical questions: is there a philosophy of information? What can be achieved by a classic computer? How can we define complexity? What are the limits of quantam computers? Is the Internet an intellectual space or a polluted... Philosophy and Computing explores each of the following areas of technology: the digital revolution; the computer; the Internet and the Web; CD-ROMs a...
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198,19 zł |
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Germinal Life: The Difference and Repetition of Deleuze
ISBN: 9780415183512 / Angielski / Miękka / 282 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Germinal Life is the sequel to the highly successful Viroid Life. Where Viroid Life provided a compelling reading of Nietzsche's philosophy of the human, Germinal Life is an original and groundbreaking analysis of little known and difficult theoretical aspects of the work of French philosopher Gilles Deleuze.
In particular, Keith Ansell Pearson provides fresh and insightful readings of Deleuze's work on Bergson and Deleuze's most famous texts Difference and Repetition and A Thousand Plateaus. Germinal Life also provides new... Germinal Life is the sequel to the highly successful Viroid Life. Where Viroid Life provided a compelling reading of Nietzs...
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198,19 zł |
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The End of the World: The Science and Ethics of Human Extinction
ISBN: 9780415184472 / Angielski / Miękka / 328 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A chilling account of the dangers facing the human race as we approach the next millenium. Can you afford to ignore the manifest dangers facing future generations?
A chilling account of the dangers facing the human race as we approach the next millenium. Can you afford to ignore the manifest dangers facing future...
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198,19 zł |
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Critiques of Knowing: Situated Textualities in Science, Computing and the Arts
ISBN: 9780415192576 / Angielski / Miękka / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Critiques of Knowing explores what happens to science and computing when we think of them as texts. Lynette Hunter elegantly weaves together vast areas of thought: rhetoric, politics, AI, computing, feminism, science studies, aesthetics and epistemology.
Critiques of Knowing shows us that what we need is a radical shake-up of approaches to the arts if the critiques of science and computing are to come to any fruition. Critiques of Knowing explores what happens to science and computing when we think of them as texts. Lynette Hunter elegantly weaves together ...
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198,19 zł |
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The Limits of Thought: Discussions between J. Krishnamurti and David Bohm
ISBN: 9780415193979 / Angielski / Twarda / 144 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Limits of Thought is a series of penetrating dialogues between the great spiritual leader, J. Krishnamurti and the renowned physicist, David Bohm.
The starting point of their engaging exchange is the question: If truth is something different than reality, then what place has action in daily life in relation to truth and reality? We see Bohm and Krishnamurti explore the nature of consciousness and the condition of humanity. These enlightening dialogues address issues of truth, desire awareness, tradition, and love. Limits of Thought is an important book by two very... The Limits of Thought is a series of penetrating dialogues between the great spiritual leader, J. Krishnamurti and the renowned physicist, Da...
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678,21 zł |
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Communicating Science: Contexts and Channels (Ou Reader)
ISBN: 9780415197533 / Angielski / Miękka / 308 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This text presents a collection of articles that addresses the communication between scientists and the public. The book is an ideal introduction for those studying science and communication courses.
This text presents a collection of articles that addresses the communication between scientists and the public. The book is an ideal introduction for ...
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198,19 zł |
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Questioning Technology
ISBN: 9780415197540 / Angielski / Twarda / 264 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In this extraordinary introduction to the study of the philosophy of technology, Andrew Feenberg argues that techonological design is central to the social and political structure of modern societies. Environmentalism, information technology, and medical advances testify to technology's crucial importance.
In his lucid and engaging style, Feenberg shows that technology is the medium of daily life. Every major technical changes reverberates at countless levels: economic, political, and cultural. If we continue to see the social and technical domains as being seperate, then we are... In this extraordinary introduction to the study of the philosophy of technology, Andrew Feenberg argues that techonological design is central to the s...
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704,29 zł |
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Questioning Technology
ISBN: 9780415197557 / Angielski / Miękka / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In this extraordinary introduction to the study of the philosophy of technology, Andrew Feenberg argues that techonological design is central to the social and political structure of modern societies. Environmentalism, information technology, and medical advances testify to technology's crucial importance.
In his lucid and engaging style, Feenberg shows that technology is the medium of daily life. Every major technical changes reverberates at countless levels: economic, political, and cultural. If we continue to see the social and technical domains as being seperate, then we are... In this extraordinary introduction to the study of the philosophy of technology, Andrew Feenberg argues that techonological design is central to the s...
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192,97 zł |
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The Possibility of Naturalism: A Philosophical Critique of the Contemporary Human Sciences
ISBN: 9780415198738 / Angielski / Twarda / 194 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This text is one of the cornerstones of the critical realist position, which is now widely seen as offering a viable alternative to move positivism and post modernism. This revised edition includes a new foreword. A Realist Theory of Science (originally 1975, reprinted Verso, 1996).
This text is one of the cornerstones of the critical realist position, which is now widely seen as offering a viable alternative to move positivism an...
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187,76 zł |
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Scientific Realism: How Science Tracks Truth
ISBN: 9780415208185 / Angielski / Twarda / 368 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Scientific realism is the optimistic view that modern science is on the right track: that the world really is the way our best scientific theories describe it . In his book, Stathis Psillos gives us a detailed and comprehensive study which restores the intuitive plausibility of scientific realism. We see that throughout the twentieth century, scientific realism has been challenged by philosophical positions from all angles: from reductive empiricism, to instrumentalism and to modern sceptical empiricism.
Scientific Realism explains that the history of science does not undermine... Scientific realism is the optimistic view that modern science is on the right track: that the world really is the way our best scientific theories des...
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912,96 zł |
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Is Science Value Free? : Values and Scientific Understanding
ISBN: 9780415208208 / Angielski / Twarda / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The idea that science is value free has been challenged over the years by a number of different sides, including: postmodernists, feminists, radical ecologists, Third World advocates and religious fundamentalists. In this book, Hugh Lacey appraises and explicates the view that science is value free. Lacey discusses how science and values interact, with a focus on a discussion of development, and science's place in development particularly in Third World countries. The book approaches this ongoing discussion in the following ways: by exploring the nature and meaning of values; discussing...
The idea that science is value free has been challenged over the years by a number of different sides, including: postmodernists, feminists, radical e...
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704,29 zł |
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After the Science Wars: Science and the Study of Science
ISBN: 9780415212083 / Angielski / Twarda / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The "War" in science is largely the discussion between those who believe that science is above criticism and those who do not. After the Science Wars is a collection of essays by leading philosophers and scientists, all attempting to bridge interdisciplinary gulfs in this discussion.
The "War" in science is largely the discussion between those who believe that science is above criticism and those who do not. After the Science W...
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704,29 zł |
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