Time
ISBN: 9780415139489 / Angielski / Miękka / 284 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This text offers a history of the philosophy of time in Western philosophy from the Greeks through to the 20th century. In the first half of the book, Philip Turetzky explores theories in ancient and modern philosophy chronologically: from Aristotle to Nietzsche. In the latter half, Turetzky describes the philosophy of time in three 20th-century philosophical traditions: analytic philosophy including philosophers such as McTaggart and Mellor; phenomenology, Husserl and Heidegger; and distaff tradition which Turetzky identifies as including Bergson and Deleuze.
This text offers a history of the philosophy of time in Western philosophy from the Greeks through to the 20th century. In the first half of the book,...
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192,51 zł |
Reading Science: Critical and Functional Perspectives on Discourses of Science
ISBN: 9780415167901 / Angielski / Miękka / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Reading Science looks at the distinctive language of science and technology and the role it plays in building up scientific understandings of the world. It brings together discourse analysis and critical theory for the first time in a single volume.
This edited collection examines science discourse from a number of perspectives, drawing on new rhetoric, functional linguistics and critical theory. It explores this language in research and industrial contexts as well as in educational settings and in popular science writing and science fiction. The papers also include consideration... Reading Science looks at the distinctive language of science and technology and the role it plays in building up scientific understandings of...
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243,18 zł |
Relativism and Reality: A Contemporary Introduction
ISBN: 9780415208161 / Angielski / Miękka / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Our thoughts about the world are clearly influenced by such things as point of view, temperament, past experience and culture. However, some thinkers go much further and argue that everything that exists depends on us, arguing that 'even reality is relative'. Can we accept such a claim in the face of events such as floods and other natural disasters or events seemingly beyond our control? 'Realists' argue that reality is independent of out thinking. 'Relativists' disagree, arguing that what there is depends on our point of view. Which is right?
Robert Kirk provides a crystal clear account... Our thoughts about the world are clearly influenced by such things as point of view, temperament, past experience and culture. However, some thinkers ...
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187,44 zł |
Relativism and Reality: A Contemporary Introduction
ISBN: 9780415208178 / Angielski / Twarda / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Our thoughts about the world are clearly influenced by such things as point of view, temperament, past experience and culture. However, some thinkers go much further and argue that everything that exists depends on us, arguing that 'even reality is relative'. Can we accept such a claim in the face of events such as floods and other natural disasters or events seemingly beyond our control? 'Realists' argue that reality is independent of out thinking. 'Relativists' disagree, arguing that what there is depends on our point of view. Which is right?
Robert Kirk provides a crystal clear account... Our thoughts about the world are clearly influenced by such things as point of view, temperament, past experience and culture. However, some thinkers ...
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658,75 zł |
Human Nature After Darwin: A Philosophical Introduction
ISBN: 9780415212434 / Angielski / Twarda / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Human Nature After Darwin is an original investigation of the implications of Darwinism for our understanding of ourselves and our situation. It casts new light on current Darwinian controversies, also providing an introduction to philosophical reasoning and a range of philosophical problems.
Janet Radcliffe Richards claims that many current battles about Darwinism are based on mistaken assumptions about the implications of the rival views. Her analysis of these implications provides a much-needed guide to the fundamentals of Darwinism and the so-called Darwin wars, as well as... Human Nature After Darwin is an original investigation of the implications of Darwinism for our understanding of ourselves and our situation....
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Human Nature After Darwin: A Philosophical Introduction
ISBN: 9780415212441 / Angielski / Miękka / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. An introduction to the implications of the Darwinian revolution for our understanding of human nature. Written for the Open University but specially revised here for non Open University students, it introduces readers step by step to the skills required for thinking clearly and critically about human nature. It also encourages readers to develop the skills of doing philosophy for themselves. With the beginner firmly in mind, Janet Radcliffe Richards introduces readers to the fundamental questions the Darwinian revolution raises for understanding human nature: the scientific basis of the...
An introduction to the implications of the Darwinian revolution for our understanding of human nature. Written for the Open University but specially r...
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182,37 zł |
Darwin
ISBN: 9780415346375 / Angielski / Twarda / 306 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Charles Darwin (1809-1882) is best known as a biologist and natural historian rather than a philosopher. However, in this invaluable book, Tim Lewens shows in a clear and accessible manner how important Darwin is for philosophy and how his work has shaped and challenged the very nature of the subject.
Beginning with an overview of Darwins life and work, the subsequent chapters discuss the full range of fundamental philosophical topics from a Darwinian perspective. These include natural selection; the origin and nature of species; the role of evidence in scientific enquiry; the theory of... Charles Darwin (1809-1882) is best known as a biologist and natural historian rather than a philosopher. However, in this invaluable book, Tim Lewens ...
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684,09 zł |
Performing Science and the Virtual
ISBN: 9780415414388 / Angielski / Twarda / 262 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This impressive new book from Sue-Ellen Case looks at how science has been performed throughout history, tracing a line from nineteenth century alchemy to the twenty-first century virtual avatar. In this bold and wide-ranging book that is written using a crossbreed of styles, we encounter a glance of Edison in his laboratory, enter the soundscape of John Cage and raid tombs with Lara Croft. Case looks at the intersection of science and performance, the academic treatment of classical plays and internet-like bytes on contemporary issues and experiments where the array of performances... This impressive new book from Sue-Ellen Case looks at how science has been performed throughout history, tracing a line from nineteenth century alc... |
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Performing Science and the Virtual
ISBN: 9780415414395 / Angielski / Miękka / 246 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This impressive new book from Sue-Ellen Case looks at how science has been performed throughout history, tracing a line from nineteenth century alchemy to the twenty-first century virtual avatar. In this bold and wide-ranging book that is written using a crossbreed of styles, we encounter a glance of Edison in his laboratory, enter the soundscape of John Cage and raid tombs with Lara Croft. Case looks at the intersection of science and performance, the academic treatment of classical plays and internet-like bytes on contemporary issues and experiments where the array of performances... This impressive new book from Sue-Ellen Case looks at how science has been performed throughout history, tracing a line from nineteenth century alc... |
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187,44 zł |
The Philosophy of Science 2-Volume Set: An Encyclopedia
ISBN: 9780415939270 / Angielski / Twarda / 1048 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The first in-depth reference in the field that combines scientific knowledge with philosophical inquiry, The Philosophy of Science: An Encyclopedia is a two-volume set that brings together an international team of leading scholars to provide over 130 entries on the essential concepts in the philosophy of science. The areas covered include:
The first in-depth reference in the field that combines scientific knowledge with philosophical inquiry, The Philosophy of Science: An Encyclop... |
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Scientific Authorship : Credit and Intellectual Property in Science
ISBN: 9780415942928 / Angielski / Twarda / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Tracks the changing nature and identity of the author in science, both historically and conceptually.
Tracks the changing nature and identity of the author in science, both historically and conceptually.
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760,10 zł |
Atoms, Bytes and Genes: Public Resistance and Techno-Scientific Responses
ISBN: 9780415958035 / Angielski / Twarda / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "Atom," "byte" and "gene" are metonymies for techno-scientific developments of the 20th century: nuclear power, computing and genetic engineering. Resistance continues to challenge these developments in public opinion. This book traces historical debates over atoms, bytes and genes which raised controversy with consequences, and argues that public opinion is a factor of the development of modern techno-science. The level and scope of public controversy is an index of resistance, examined here with a "pain analogy" which shows that just as pain impacts movement, resistance impacts... "Atom," "byte" and "gene" are metonymies for techno-scientific developments of the 20th century: nuclear power, computing and genetic engineering. ... |
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The Haraway Reader
ISBN: 9780415966887 / Angielski / Twarda / 360 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. For readers in cultural studies, feminist theory, science studies and cyberculture, Donna Haraway is one of our keenest observers of nature, science and the social world. This volume is provides an introduction to her thought.
For readers in cultural studies, feminist theory, science studies and cyberculture, Donna Haraway is one of our keenest observers of nature, science a...
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658,75 zł |
The Haraway Reader
ISBN: 9780415966894 / Angielski / Miękka / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Haraway Reader brings together a generous selection of Donna Haraway's work, she is one of our keenest observers of nature, science, and the social world and this volume is ideal introduction to her thought.
The Haraway Reader brings together a generous selection of Donna Haraway's work, she is one of our keenest observers of nature, science, and ...
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217,84 zł |
The Political Arena (1934-1961): Volume 11
ISBN: 9780444513366 / Angielski / Twarda / 778 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Part I is devoted to Niels Bohr's mission to promote an "open world" between nations, that is, full sharing of information in the scientific and technical, as well as in the cultural spheres the scientific and technical, as well as in the cultural spheres. He started his mission immediately upon escaping from Nazi-occupied Denmark in the autumn of 1943, when he realized that the bomb was on the way to becoming a reality. As he wrote in 1944, he considered that the existence of the atomic bomb "would not only seem to necessitate but should also, due to the urgency of mutual confidence,...
Part I is devoted to Niels Bohr's mission to promote an "open world" between nations, that is, full sharing of information in the scientific and techn...
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Philosophy of Anthropology and Sociology: A Volume in the Handbook of the Philosophy of Science Series
ISBN: 9780444515421 / Angielski / Twarda / 883 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This volume concerns philosophical issues that arise from the practice of anthropology and sociology. The essays cover a wide range of issues, including traditional questions in the philosophy of social science as well as those specific to these disciplines. Authors attend to the historical development of the current debates and set the stage for future work. - Comprehensive survey of philosophical issues in anthropology and sociology
- Historical discussion of important debates - Applications to current research in anthropology and sociology This volume concerns philosophical issues that arise from the practice of anthropology and sociology. The essays cover a wide range of issues, includi...
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The Ontology of Spacetime: Volume 1
ISBN: 9780444527684 / Angielski / Twarda / 287 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book contains selected papers from the First International Conference on the Ontology of Spacetime. Its fourteen chapters address two main questions: first, what is the current status of the substantivalism/relationalism debate, and second, what about the prospects of presentism and becoming within present-day physics and its philosophy? The overall tenor of the four chapters of the book's first part is that the prospects of spacetime substantivalism are bleak, although different possible positions remain with respect to the ontological status of spacetime. Part II and Part III of the...
This book contains selected papers from the First International Conference on the Ontology of Spacetime. Its fourteen chapters address two main questi...
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Foundations of Quantum Physics II (1933-1958): Volume 7
ISBN: 9780444898920 / Angielski / Twarda / 537 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Volume 7 is a direct continuation of Volume 6, which documented the birth of the complementarity argument and its earliest elaborations. It covers the extension and refinement of the complementarity argument from 1933 until Bohrs' death in 1962. All Bohr's publications on the subject, together with selected manuscripts and extracts of his correspondence with friends and fellow pioneers such as Werner Heisenberg and Wolfgang Pauli, are included.
Divided into two, largely independent parts, the volume begins with Bohr's contributions to "Relativistic Quantum Theory." Together with LEon... Volume 7 is a direct continuation of Volume 6, which documented the birth of the complementarity argument and its earliest elaborations. It covers the...
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The Problem of the Soul: Two Visions of Mind and How to Reconcile Them
ISBN: 9780465024612 / Angielski / Miękka / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Science has always created problems for traditional ways of seeing things, but now the very attributes that make us human--free will, the permanence of personal identity, the existence of the soul--are threatened by the science of the mind. If the mind is the brain, and therefore a physical object subject to deterministic laws, how can we have free will? If most of our thoughts and impulses are unconscious, how can we be morally responsible for what we do? If brains and bodies undergo relentless change, how can our identities be constant? The Problem of the Soul shows the way out of...
Science has always created problems for traditional ways of seeing things, but now the very attributes that make us human--free will, the permanence o...
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Energy Forms: Allegory and Science in the Era of Classical Thermodynamics
ISBN: 9780472111749 / Angielski / Twarda / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book follows the interplay between allegory and physics in Europe from the inception of the laws of thermodynamics in the 1850s to the cultural acceptance of the theory of relativity in the 1920s. Bruce Clarke delves into the cultural poetics of this emergence, as well as using allegory theory to link the literature of that era to the consolidation of modern physics in England. In his examination of these correlating topics the author displays not only an impressive grasp on the scientific climate of that era, but also comprehensive knowledge of late nineteenth- and early...
This book follows the interplay between allegory and physics in Europe from the inception of the laws of thermodynamics in the 1850s to the cultural a...
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458,72 zł |