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Postmodern Malpractice: A Medical Case Study in The Culture War
ISBN: 9780762307579 / Angielski / Twarda / 292 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) Postmodern Malpractice: A Medical Case Study in the Culture War.
Postmodern Malpractice: A Medical Case Study in the Culture War.
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630,26 zł |
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Words to the Wise: A Medical-Philosophical Dictionary
ISBN: 9780765802170 / Angielski / Twarda / 266 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) The human mind abhors the absence of explanation, but full understanding is never possible. Human understanding is likely to be incomplete at best and, more often, utterly fallacious. To make matters worse, it is likely to be supported as truth and wisdom by religious and scientific authority, intellectual fashion and social convention. In Words to the Wise, Thomas Szasz offers a compendium of thoughts, observations, and aphorisms that address our understanding of a broad range of subjects, from birth to death. In this book, Szasz tackles a problem intrinsic to the human... The human mind abhors the absence of explanation, but full understanding is never possible. Human understanding is likely to be incomplete at best ... |
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702,94 zł |
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Philosophy of Science: The Historical Background
ISBN: 9780765806024 / Angielski / Miękka / 510 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) This anthology of selections from the works of noted philosophers affords the student an immediate contact with the unique historical background of the philosophy of science. The selections, many of which have not been readily accessible, follow the development of the philosophy of science from 1786 to 1927. Each selection is preceded by a brief introduction by the editor designed to familiarize the reader with a particular philosopher and provide insights into his work. Joseph J. Kockelmans divides the selections into several sections. Part 1, from 17861850, includes chapters by Immanuel...
This anthology of selections from the works of noted philosophers affords the student an immediate contact with the unique historical background of th...
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229,06 zł |
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Science in Culture
ISBN: 9780765806734 / Angielski / Miękka / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) Twenty-five years ago, Gerald Holton's Thematic Origins of Scientific Thought introduced a wide audience to his ideas. Holton argued that from ancient times to the modern period, an astonishing feature of innovative scientific work was its ability to hold, simultaneously, deep and opposite commitments of the most fundamental sort. Over the course of Holton's career, he embraced both the humanities and the sciences. Given this background, it is fitting that the explorations assembled in this volume reflect both individually and collectively Holton's dual roots. In the opening essay,...
Twenty-five years ago, Gerald Holton's Thematic Origins of Scientific Thought introduced a wide audience to his ideas. Holton argued that from ancient...
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156,16 zł |
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The Marriage of Sense and Soul: Integrating Science and Religion
ISBN: 9780767903431 / Angielski / Miękka / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) There is arguably no more critical and pressing topic than the relation of science and religion in the modern world. Science has given us the methods for discovering truth, while religion remains the single greatest force for generating meaning. Yet the two are seen as mutually exclusive, with wrenching consequences for humanity. In The Marriage of Sense and Soul, one of today's most important philosophers brilliantly articulates how we might begin to think about science and religion in ways that allow for their reconciliation and union, on terms that will be acceptable to both camps.
Ken... There is arguably no more critical and pressing topic than the relation of science and religion in the modern world. Science has given us the methods ...
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77,30 zł |
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Radical Evolution: The Promise and Peril of Enhancing Our Minds, Our Bodies -- And What It Means to Be Human
ISBN: 9780767915038 / Angielski / Miękka / 400 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) Taking us behind the scenes with today s foremost researchers and pioneers, bestselling author Joel Garreau shows that we are at a turning point in history. At this moment we are engineering the next stage of human evolution. Through advances in genetic, robotic, information, and nanotechnologies, we are altering our minds, our memories, our metabolisms, our personalities, our progeny and perhaps our very souls. Radical Evolution reveals that the powers of our comic-book superheroes already exist, or are in development in hospitals, labs, and research facilities around the...
Taking us behind the scenes with today s foremost researchers and pioneers, bestselling author Joel Garreau shows that we are at a turning point in hi...
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107,36 zł |
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Philosophy of Biology
ISBN: 9780773533431 / Angielski / Miękka / 274 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) A comprehensive and accessible presentation of key philosophical issues in biology.
A comprehensive and accessible presentation of key philosophical issues in biology.
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145,74 zł |
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Husserl and the Sciences: Selected Perspectives
ISBN: 9780776630267 / Angielski / Twarda / 230 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) Edmund Husserl (1859-1938) is one of the previous century's most important thinkers. Often regarded as the "Father of phenomenology," this collection of essays reveals that he is indeed much more than that. The breadth of Husserl's thought is considerable and much remains unexplored. An underlying theme of this volume is that Husserl is constantly returning to origins, revising his thought in the light of new knowledge offered by the sciences.
Edmund Husserl (1859-1938) is one of the previous century's most important thinkers. Often regarded as the "Father of phenomenology," this collection ...
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126,01 zł |
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Intelligent Design and Fundamentalist Opposition to Evolution
ISBN: 9780786427437 / Angielski / Miękka / 215 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) The rise of political Christian fundamentalism has brought with it an increasingly well-organized attack on evolution. Recently, proponents of Intelligent Design (ID) have, with successes and failures, pushed the debate over evolution into a more public arena--ID is a contentious issue for local and state school boards, and the necessity of including ID in school science curricula is a key political issue in the United States and other predominantly Christian nations. This book analyzes fundamentalists' scientific and political attempts to advance creationism over evolution through the new...
The rise of political Christian fundamentalism has brought with it an increasingly well-organized attack on evolution. Recently, proponents of Intelli...
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246,49 zł |
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Scholarly Communication in Science and Engineering Research in Higher Education
ISBN: 9780789021779 / Angielski / Twarda / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) Proposes cost-effective alternatives to commercial publications in the face of increased journal prices and reduced budgets, and discusses recent technological innovations that can maintain the needs of both researchers and scholars. The text also examines the latest developments in information retrieval.
Proposes cost-effective alternatives to commercial publications in the face of increased journal prices and reduced budgets, and discusses recent tech...
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702,94 zł |
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Scholarly Communication in Science and Engineering Research in Higher Education
ISBN: 9780789021786 / Angielski / Miękka / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) Proposes cost-effective alternatives to commercial publications in the face of increased journal prices and reduced budgets, and discusses recent technological innovations that can maintain the needs of both researchers and scholars. The text also examines the latest developments in information retrieval.
Proposes cost-effective alternatives to commercial publications in the face of increased journal prices and reduced budgets, and discusses recent tech...
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249,88 zł |
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Nietzsche's Philosophy of Science
ISBN: 9780791418666 / Angielski / Miękka / 366 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) |
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147,82 zł |
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Issues in Evolutionary Ethics
ISBN: 9780791420287 / Angielski / Miękka / 444 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) This book explores historical and current discussions of the relevance of evolutionary theory to ethics. The historical section conveys the intellectual struggle that took place within the framework of Darwinism from its inception up to the work of G. C. Williams, W. D. Hamilton, R. D. Alexander, A. L. Trivers, E. O. Wilson, R. Dawkins, and others. The contemporary section discusses ethics within the framework of evolutionary theory as enriched by the works of biologists such as those mentioned above. The issue of whether ethical practice and ethical theory can be grounded in the theory of...
This book explores historical and current discussions of the relevance of evolutionary theory to ethics. The historical section conveys the intellectu...
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151,82 zł |
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Against Nature: The Concept of Nature in Critical Theory
ISBN: 9780791430460 / Angielski / Miękka / 225 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) Against Nature examines the history of the concept of nature in the tradition of Critical Theory, with chapters on Lukacs, Horkheimer and Adorno, Marcuse, and Habermas. It argues that the tradition has been marked by significant difficulties with respect to that concept; that these problems are relevant to contemporary environmental philosophy as well; and that a solution to them requires taking seriously--and literally--the idea of nature as socially constructed.
Against Nature examines the history of the concept of nature in the tradition of Critical Theory, with chapters on Lukacs, Horkheimer and Adorno, Marc...
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139,82 zł |
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Metaphysics and the Origin of Species
ISBN: 9780791434680 / Angielski / Miękka / 377 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) This sweeping discussion of the philosophy of evolutionary biology is based on the author's revolutionary idea that species are not kinds of organisms but wholes composed of organisms--individuals in the broadest ontological sense. Although the book's primary focus is on species and speciation, it deals with a wide variety of other fundamental units and basic processes and provides a reexamination of the role of classification in biology and other sciences. In explaining his individuality thesis, Michael T. Ghiselin provides extended discussions of such philosophical topics as definition,...
This sweeping discussion of the philosophy of evolutionary biology is based on the author's revolutionary idea that species are not kinds of organisms...
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147,82 zł |
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Predicting the Future: An Introduction to the Theory of Forecasting
ISBN: 9780791435540 / Angielski / Miękka / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) The future obviously matters to us. It is, after all, where we'll be spending the rest of our lives. We need some degree of foresight if we are to make effective plans for managing our affairs. Much that we would like to know in advance cannot be predicted. But a vast amount of successful prediction is nonetheless possible, especially in the context of applied sciences such as medicine, meteorology, and engineering. This book examines our prospects for finding out about the future in advance. It addresses questions such as why prediction is possible in some areas and not others; what sorts of...
The future obviously matters to us. It is, after all, where we'll be spending the rest of our lives. We need some degree of foresight if we are to mak...
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139,82 zł |
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Goethe's Way of Science: A Phenomenology of Nature
ISBN: 9780791436820 / Angielski / Miękka / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) Though best known for his superlative poetry and plays, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832) also produced a sizable body of scientific work that focused on such diverse topics as plants, color, clouds, weather, and geology. Goethe's way of science is highly unusual because it seeks to draw together the intuitive awareness of art with the rigorous observation and thinking of science. Written by major scholars and practitioners of Goethean science today, this book considers the philosophical foundations of Goethe's approach and applies the method to the real world of nature, including...
Though best known for his superlative poetry and plays, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832) also produced a sizable body of scientific work that fo...
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147,82 zł |
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Darwinian Natural Right: The Biological Ethics of Human Nature
ISBN: 9780791436943 / Angielski / Miękka / 348 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) This book shows how Darwinian biology supports an Aristotelian view of ethics as rooted in human nature. Defending a conception of "Darwinian natural right" based on the claim that the good is the desirable, the author argues that there are at least twenty natural desires that are universal to all human societies because they are based in human biology. The satisfaction of these natural desires constitutes a universal standard for judging social practice as either fulfilling or frustrating human nature, although prudence is required in judging what is best for particular circumstances....
This book shows how Darwinian biology supports an Aristotelian view of ethics as rooted in human nature. Defending a conception of "Darwinian natural ...
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147,82 zł |
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The Politics of Heredity: Essays on Eugenics, Biomedicine, and the Nature-Nurture Debate
ISBN: 9780791438220 / Angielski / Miękka / 232 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) The essays collected in The Politics of Heredity explore the political factors underlying shifts in thinking about the role of nature and nurture in shaping human behavior, and about the desirability and feasibility of controlling human reproduction. They ask why many assumptions that were simply taken for granted as late as the 1950s and '60s came to be considered fundamentally mistaken in the 1970s and '80s. They also suggest that some apparent shifts in thinking were not as deep as they may seem, and that changes in rhetoric may obscure the stability of core underlying beliefs.
The essays collected in The Politics of Heredity explore the political factors underlying shifts in thinking about the role of nature and nurture in s...
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139,82 zł |
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Visions of Sts: Counterpoints in Science, Technology, and Society Studies
ISBN: 9780791448458 / Angielski / Twarda / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) Visions of STS brings together the views of ten leading scholars to clarify the nature of Science, Technology, and Society Studies and point toward future developments. The interdisciplinary field of STS maps out the interconnected relationships among science, technology, and society in order to better understand both the innumerable benefits as well as problematic challenges. This book, rather than presenting science and technology as autonomous entities, analyzes each contextually as societal-mediated processes that reflect cultural, political, and economic values. It contains four basic...
Visions of STS brings together the views of ten leading scholars to clarify the nature of Science, Technology, and Society Studies and point toward fu...
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396,11 zł |
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