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Autor:
Alfred I. Tauber
Tauber, a leading figure in history and philosophy of science, offers a unique autobiographical overview of how science as a discipline of thought has been characterized by philosophers and historians over the past century. He frames his account thr
Autor:
Roman Z. Morawski
From the content: Introduction Mathematical modelling Measurement Scientific explanation Context of discovery Context of justification Uncertainty of scientific knowledge Morality and moral philosophy System ofvalues associated with science General p
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David N. Stamos
Silver Winner, 2017 Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Awards in the Philosophy categoryIn 1848, almost a year and a half before Edgar Allan Poe died at the age of forty, his book Eureka was published. In it, he weaved together his scientific speculati
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Joseph Rouse
Naturalism as a guiding philosophy for modern science both disavows any appeal to the supernatural or anything else transcendent to nature, and repudiates any philosophical or religious authority over the workings and conclusions of the sciences. A l
Scientism: The New Orthodoxy is a comprehensive philosophical overview of the question of scientism, discussing the role and place of science in the humanities, religion, and the social sciences.Clarifying and defining the key terms in play in discus
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Jayakumar, Raghavan
In Gobekli Tepe'near Urfa, an ancient city in southeastern Turkey, stand 11,000 year old concentric rings of old massive T shaped pillars. The carvings by prehistoric, pre-agricultural people emphasize predators, and vultures in particular are even m
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Casetta, Germán, Ibarra, Andoni
Muchas de las actividades humanas, del ámbito del arte, la ciencia, la tecnología, pero también de las perceptivas y cognitivas más generales, están vinculadas a tareas representacionales de algún tipo. Como resultado, la variedad fenomenológi
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Peter V. Rabins
Why was there a meltdown at the Fukushima power plant? Why do some people get cancer and not others? Why is global warming happening? Why does one person get depressed in the face of life's vicissitudes while another finds resilience? Questions like
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Jonathan Marks
This lively and provocative book casts an anthropological eye on the field of science in a wide-ranging and innovative discussion that integrates philosophy, history, sociology, and auto-ethnography. Jonathan Marks examines biological anthropology, t
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Steven French, Juha Saatsi
The Bloomsbury Companion to the Philosophy of Science presents a practical and up-to-date research resource to the philosophy of science.Addressing fundamental questions asked by areas that have continued to attract interest historically, as well as