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Lawless Universe: Science and the Hunt for Reality
ISBN: 9780801895814 / Angielski / Miękka / 200 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Can science fully comprehend the whole of the material universe? Not according to Joe Rosen. There is no question that advancements in science--especially in physics--have radically changed our concept of nature, revolutionizing our view of the universe, even of reality itself. Rosen argues, though, that the material universe in its entirety lies beyond science. Anyone who claims otherwise, who proposes a scientific Theory of Everything to explain all aspects and phenomena of nature, only misleads and misinforms. Taking science--and the scientific method--down a peg, Rosen... Can science fully comprehend the whole of the material universe? Not according to Joe Rosen. There is no question that advancements in scienc... |
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Scientific Structuralism
ISBN: 9789048195961 / Angielski / Twarda / 182 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "Scientific Structuralism" explores subsets of this popular new topic, including structural realism, structural empiricism, structural approaches to intertheoretic relations, and structuralism in physics. Top contributors fill a glaring gap in current philosophy of science literature.
"Scientific Structuralism" explores subsets of this popular new topic, including structural realism, structural empiricism, structural approaches to i...
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Belief Revision Meets Philosophy of Science
ISBN: 9789048196081 / Angielski / Twarda / 359 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Belief revision theory and philosophy of science both aspire to shed light on the dynamics of knowledge - on how our view of the world changes (typically) in the light of new evidence. Yet these two areas of research have long seemed strangely detached from each other, as witnessed by the small number of cross-references and researchers working in both domains. One may speculate as to what has brought about this surprising, and perhaps unfortunate, state of affairs. One factor may be that while belief revision theory has traditionally been pursued in a bottom- up manner, focusing on the...
Belief revision theory and philosophy of science both aspire to shed light on the dynamics of knowledge - on how our view of the world changes (typica...
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An Epistemology of the Concrete: Twentieth-Century Histories of Life
ISBN: 9780822345602 / Angielski / Twarda / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. An Epistemology of the Concrete brings together case studies and theoretical reflections on the history and epistemology of the life sciences by Hans-Jorg Rheinberger, one of the world s foremost philosophers of science. In these essays, he examines the history of experiments, concepts, model organisms, instruments, and the gamut of epistemological, institutional, political, and social factors that determine the actual course of the development of knowledge. Building on ideas from his influential book Toward a History of Epistemic Things, Rheinberger first considers ways of...
An Epistemology of the Concrete brings together case studies and theoretical reflections on the history and epistemology of the life sciences b...
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The Mirage of a Space Between Nature and Nurture
ISBN: 9780822347149 / Angielski / Twarda / 107 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In this powerful critique, the esteemed historian and philosopher of science Evelyn Fox Keller addresses the nature-nurture debates, including the persistent disputes regarding the roles played by genes and the environment in determining individual traits and behavior. Keller is interested in both how an oppositional versus came to be inserted between nature and nurture, and how the distinction on which that opposition depends, the idea that nature and nurture are separable, came to be taken for granted. How, she asks, did the illusion of a space between nature and nurture become entrenched...
In this powerful critique, the esteemed historian and philosopher of science Evelyn Fox Keller addresses the nature-nurture debates, including the per...
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On the Modern Cult of the Factish Gods
ISBN: 9780822348252 / Angielski / Miękka / 168 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. On the Modern Cult of the Factish Gods continues the project that the influential anthropologist, philosopher, and science studies theorist Bruno Latour advanced in his book We Have Never Been Modern. There he redescribed the Enlightenment idea of universal scientific truth, arguing that there are no facts separable from their fabrication. In this concise work, Latour delves into the belief in naive belief, the suggestion that fetishes objects invested with mythical powers are fabricated and that facts are not. Mobilizing his work in the anthropology of science, he uses the...
On the Modern Cult of the Factish Gods continues the project that the influential anthropologist, philosopher, and science studies theorist Bru...
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The Science of Liberty: Democracy, Reason, and the Laws of Nature
ISBN: 9780060781514 / Angielski / Miękka / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In his most powerful book to date, award-winning author TimothyFerris makes a passionate case for scienceas the inspiration behind the rise of liberalismand democracy. Ferris showshow science was integral to the AmericanRevolution but misinterpreted inthe French Revolution; reflects on thehistory of liberalism, stressing its widelyunderestimated and mutually beneficialrelationship with science; and surveysthe forces that have opposed scienceand liberalism--from communism andfascism to postmodernism and Islamicfundamentalism. A sweeping intellectualhistory, The Science of Liberty... In his most powerful book to date, award-winning author TimothyFerris makes a passionate case for scienceas the inspiration behind the rise of libe... |
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The Holographic Universe: The Revolutionary Theory of Reality
ISBN: 9780062014108 / Angielski / Miękka / 368 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "Awake-up call to wonder, an adventure in ideas." --Larry Dossey, M.D., author of Space, Time & Medicine Now witha new foreword by Lynn McTaggart, author of TheField, Michael Talbot's classic treatise on the latest frontiers of physicsreveals a revolutionary theory of reality, explaining the paranormal abilitiesof the mind, the unsolved riddles of brain and body, and the true nature of theuniverse. Lyall Watson, author of Supernature, calls The Holographic Universe "elegant," writing, " Talbot] helps tobridge the artificial gap that has opened up... "Awake-up call to wonder, an adventure in ideas." --Larry Dossey, M.D., author of Space, Time & Medicine Now witha new foreword by Lynn... |
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Science in the Age of Computer Simulation
ISBN: 9780226902029 / Angielski / Twarda / 168 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Computer simulation was first pioneered as a scientific tool in meteorology and nuclear physics in the period following World War II, but it has grown rapidly to become indispensible in a wide variety of scientific disciplines, including astrophysics, high-energy physics, climate science, engineering, ecology, and economics. Digital computer simulation helps study phenomena of great complexity, but how much do we know about the limits and possibilities of this new scientific practice? How do simulations compare to traditional experiments? And are they reliable? Eric Winsberg seeks to... Computer simulation was first pioneered as a scientific tool in meteorology and nuclear physics in the period following World War II, but it has gr... |
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Science in the Age of Computer Simulation
ISBN: 9780226902043 / Angielski / Miękka / 168 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Computer simulation was first pioneered as a scientific tool in meteorology and nuclear physics in the period following World War II, but it has grown rapidly to become indispensible in a wide variety of scientific disciplines, including astrophysics, high-energy physics, climate science, engineering, ecology, and economics. Digital computer simulation helps study phenomena of great complexity, but how much do we know about the limits and possibilities of this new scientific practice? How do simulations compare to traditional experiments? And are they reliable? Eric Winsberg seeks to... Computer simulation was first pioneered as a scientific tool in meteorology and nuclear physics in the period following World War II, but it has gr... |
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Scientists as Theologians
ISBN: 9780281049455 / Angielski / Miękka / 112 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Ian Barbour, Arthur Peackocke and John Polkinghorne are major contributors to the current interaction between science and religion. Although starting as scientists, all three have produced important work by crossing over to the field of theology. But, as their thinking has developed, differences between them have emerged. Questions such as the significance of Jesus, the Bible and the relationship between modern scientific knowledge and traditional theology have revealed a variety of approaches. One of the three now gives his survey of the debate. John Polkinghorne sets out clearly where they...
Ian Barbour, Arthur Peackocke and John Polkinghorne are major contributors to the current interaction between science and religion. Although starting ...
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How Well Do Facts Travel?
ISBN: 9780521159586 / Angielski / Miękka / 486 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Why write about facts? Facts are everywhere. They litter the utterances of public life as much as the private conversations of individuals. They frequent the humanities and the sciences in equal measure. But their very ubiquity tells us not only why it is difficult to form general but sensible answers in response to seemingly simple questions about facts, but also why it is important to do so. This book discusses how facts travel, and when and why they sometimes travel well enough to acquire a life of their own. Whether or not facts travel in this manner depends not only on their character...
Why write about facts? Facts are everywhere. They litter the utterances of public life as much as the private conversations of individuals. They frequ...
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How Well Do Facts Travel?
ISBN: 9780521196543 / Angielski / Twarda / 488 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Why write about facts? Facts are everywhere. They litter the utterances of public life as much as the private conversations of individuals. They frequent the humanities and the sciences in equal measure. But their very ubiquity tells us not only why it is difficult to form general but sensible answers in response to seemingly simple questions about facts, but also why it is important to do so. This book discusses how facts travel, and when and why they sometimes travel well enough to acquire a life of their own. Whether or not facts travel in this manner depends not only on their character...
Why write about facts? Facts are everywhere. They litter the utterances of public life as much as the private conversations of individuals. They frequ...
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Aether: The Physicalists' God
ISBN: 9781438205328 / Angielski / Miękka / 138 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. God is a thing, not a person. Whether there is an aether or not is finally answered: the Aether is but does not exist until it turns into matter. This isn't a new theory but a new insight into already existing theories. A freshly synthesized interpretation consistent with already known and well accepted scientific facts. A modern perspective in which the aether concept is reintroduced in an attempt to reconcile a centuries old notion of wholeness in space and time with actually established scientific paradigms. In addition to arguing for a common substrate to all matter, without math or...
God is a thing, not a person. Whether there is an aether or not is finally answered: the Aether is but does not exist until it turns into matter. This...
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Philosophical Solutions: In Physics, Mathematics and the Science of Sentience
ISBN: 9781452886633 / Angielski / Miękka / 396 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Science is in quiet crisis. The conceptual foundations of its core disciplines are compromised by profound logical difficulties, which have been romantically misattributed to the mysteries of a 'bizarre and surreal' Universe - a Universe not only 'stranger than we imagine' but 'stranger than we can imagine.' Confusion has been raised as a tribute to the sophistication and profundity of arcane cosmological canonics, necessarily beyond intuitive comprehension. The epistemological enigmas at the root of these difficulties are resolved in the text; which delivers precisely what its title...
Science is in quiet crisis. The conceptual foundations of its core disciplines are compromised by profound logical difficulties, which have been roman...
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Time and Space
ISBN: 9781844651900 / Angielski / Twarda / 448 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The book makes the philosophy of space and time accessible for anyone trying to come to grips with the complexities of this challenging subject. With over 100 original line illustrations and a full glossary of terms, the book has the requirements of students firmly in sight and will continue to serve as an essential textbook for philosophy of time and space courses. Barry Dainton is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Liverpool.
The book makes the philosophy of space and time accessible for anyone trying to come to grips with the complexities of this challenging subject. With ...
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Science in the Context of Application
ISBN: 9789048190508 / Angielski / Twarda / 492 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. We increasingly view the world around us as a product of science and technology. Accordingly, we have begun to appreciate that science does not take its problems only from nature and then produces technological applications, but that the very problems of scientific research themselves are generated by science and technology. Simultaneously, problems like global warming, the toxicology of nanoparticles, or the use of renewable energies are constituted by many factors that interact with great complexity. Science in the context of application is challenged to gain new understanding and control...
We increasingly view the world around us as a product of science and technology. Accordingly, we have begun to appreciate that science does not take i...
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Public Knowledge: An Essay Concerning the Social Dimension of Science
ISBN: 9780521095198 / Angielski / Miękka / 168 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Professor Ziman argues that the goal of all scientific research is to contribute to the consensus of universally accepted knowledge.
Professor Ziman argues that the goal of all scientific research is to contribute to the consensus of universally accepted knowledge.
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Probabilities, Causes and Propensities in Physics
ISBN: 9781402099038 / Angielski / Twarda / 266 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A volume that defends an approach to the philosophy of physics. It includes a comparative study of probability, causality, and propensity, and their various interrelations, within the context of physics - particularly quantum and statistical physics. The essays, by both prominent scholars in the field and promising young researchers, constitute a pioneer effort in bringing out the connections between probabilistic, causal and dispositional aspects of the quantum domain. The book will appeal to specialists in philosophy and foundations of physics, philosophy of science in general, metaphysics,...
A volume that defends an approach to the philosophy of physics. It includes a comparative study of probability, causality, and propensity, and their v...
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Science Studies as Naturalized Philosophy
ISBN: 9789048197408 / Angielski / Twarda / 250 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book approaches its subject matter in a way that combines a strong analytical and critical perspective with a historical and sociological framework for the understanding of the emergence of Science Studies. This is a novelty, since extant literature on this topic tends either to narrate the history of the field, with little criticism, or to criticize Science Studies from a philosophical platform but with little interest in its historical and social context.The book provides a critical review of the most prominent figures in Science Studies (also known as Science and Technology Studies)...
This book approaches its subject matter in a way that combines a strong analytical and critical perspective with a historical and sociological framewo...
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