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It is generally thought that science, by its very nature, must always progress. But this is not so. One day, fundamental science will come to an end. Not when we have discovered everything, but when we have discovered whatever is open to us to understand - which is not...
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OUP Oxford
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2010-09-23
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It is generally thought that science, by its very nature, must always progress. But this is not so. One day, fundamental science will come to an end. Not when we have discovered everything, but when we have discovered whatever is open to us to understand - which is not...
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OUP Oxford
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2010-09-23
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Imagine living in 1958, and knowing that the integrated circuit--the microchip--was about to be invented, and would revolutionize the world. Or imagine 1992, when the Internet was about to transform virtually every aspect of our lives. Incredibly, this book argues that...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2010-09-15
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This book discusses two of the oldest and hardest problems in both science and philosophy: What is matter?, and What is mind? A reason for tackling both problems in a single book is that two of the most influential views in modern philosophy are that the universe is...
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Springer
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2010-09-14
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Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science
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Am Anfang war DarwinGut 150 Jahren sind vergangen, seit Darwin sein Werk „Die Entstehung der Arten“ geschrieben hat. Das Evolutionsparadigma hat sich inzwischen als erfolgreicher Forschungsansatz in den Wissenschaften vom Menschen erwiesen. Er trägt zur Erklärung vieler...
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Springer
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2010-09-09
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Constructive empiricism is not just a view regarding the aim of science; it is also a view regarding the epistemological framework in which one should debate the aim of science. This is the focus of this book – not with scientific truth, but with how one should argue...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2010-07-16
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The essays in this volume address three fundamental questions in the philosophy of science: What is required for some fact to be evidence for a scientific hypothesis? What does it mean to say that a scientist or a theory explains a phenomenon? Should scientific theories...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2010-05-28
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The incredible achievements of modern scientific theories lead most of us to embrace scientific realism: the view that our best theories offer us at least roughly accurate descriptions of otherwise inaccessible parts of the world like genes, atoms, and the big bang. In...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2010-04-14
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It was in 1660s England, according to the received view, in the Royal Society of London, that science acquired the form of empirical enquiry we recognize as our own: an open, collaborative experimental practice, mediated by specially-designed instruments, supported by...
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Springer
Parution :
2010-04-07
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Humanity's physical design flaws have long been apparent--we get hemorrhoids and impacted wisdom teeth, for instance--but do the imperfections extend down to the level of our genes? Inside the Human Genome is the first book to examine the philosophical question of why,...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2010-02-12
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An Introduction to Science and Technology Studies, Second Edition reflects the latest advances in the field while continuing to provide students with a road map to the complex interdisciplinary terrain of science and technology studies. Distinctive in its attention to...
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Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2009-11-20
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A collection of essays discussing a wide range of sciences and the central philosophical issues associated with them, presenting the sciences collectively to encourage a greater understanding of their associative theoretical foundations, as well as their relationships...
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Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2009-11-19
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This collection of specially commissioned essays puts top scholars head to head to debate the central issues in the lively and fast growing field of philosophy of biology Brings together original essays on ten of the most hotly debated questions in philosophy of...
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Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2009-11-19
Collection :
Contemporary Debates in Philosophy
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A collection of essays discussing a wide range of sciences and the central philosophical issues associated with them, presenting the sciences collectively to encourage a greater understanding of their associative theoretical foundations, as well as their relationships...
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Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2009-11-19
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Ruth Glasner presents an illuminating reappraisal of Averroes' physics. Glasner is the first scholar to base her interpretation on the full range of Averroes' writings, including texts that are extant only in Hebrew manuscripts and have not been hitherto studied. She...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2009-06-18
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Ruth Glasner presents an illuminating reappraisal of Averroes' physics. Glasner is the first scholar to base her interpretation on the full range of Averroes' writings, including texts that are extant only in Hebrew manuscripts and have not been hitherto studied. She...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2009-06-18
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In his challenging new book Rein Taagepera argues that society needs more from social sciences than they have delivered. One reason for falling short is that social sciences have depended excessively on regression and other statistical approaches, neglecting logical...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2008-07-24
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This Guide provides an ambitious state-of-the-art survey of the fundamental themes, problems, arguments and theories constituting the philosophy of computing. A complete guide to the philosophy of computing and information. Comprises 26 newly-written chapters by...
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Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2008-04-15
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Blackwell Philosophy Guides
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