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Philosophy of science
hardcover. Offers a historical reconstruction of the evolutionary synthesis of the 1930s and 1940s. This book argues that the evolutionary synthesis was part of a larger process of unifying the biological sciences. It suggests that the drive to unify the sciences of evolution and biology was part of a global philosophical movement toward unifying knowledge. Num Pages: 256 pages, 2 halftones. BIC Classification: JFCX; PDA; PDX; PSAJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 485. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KTS0036060
- ISBN
- 9780691033433
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.65
€ 5.65
Paperback. Translator(s): Pakis, Valentine A. Series: Posthumanities. Num Pages: 104 pages, 16 b/w plates. BIC Classification: PDA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 156 x 8. Weight in Grams: 176.
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 104
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816678228
- ISBN
- 9780816678228
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 22.94
€ 25.99
€ 22.94
hardcover. Translates the logical treatises of Galileo's Latin manuscript and tries to make them intelligible to the modern reader. The translation is prefaced with an introduction describing the contents of the manuscript, the sources from which it derives and how it relates to his other writings. Series: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science. Num Pages: 268 pages, 15 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: HPL; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 550. Volume 138 only. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Springer
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0035665
- ISBN
- 9780792315780
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.65
€ 5.65
Paperback. * Newly--commissioned essays by international assembly of leading philosophers of science. * Provides comprehensive survey of philosophy of science. * Treats key figures in the history of philosophy of science. * Accessible and comprehensive introductions to each topic. Editor(s): Newton-Smith, W. H. Series: Blackwell Companions to Philosophy. Num Pages: 592 pages, 0. BIC Classification: PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 245 x 172 x 32. Weight in Grams: 1026.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 592
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631230205
- ISBN
- 9780631230205
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 67.85
€ 67.85
paperback. A clear and systematic account of the philosophy of science which examines the theories of Popper, Lakatos, Kuhn and Feyerabend before proposing a new, temperate rationalist perspective. Series: International Library of Philosophy. Num Pages: 308 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 21. Weight in Grams: 504. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KTS0036140
- ISBN
- 9780415058773
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.65
€ 5.65
Hardback. An edition of the recently discovered notebook used in the seventeenth-century by John Wallis to teach language to the 'deaf mute' Alexander Popham, who could not inherit unless he could speak - one of the most famous cases in the history of deaf education. David Cram and Jaap Maat place the work in its personal, social, and scientific contexts. Editor(s): Cram, Dr. David; Maat, Jaap. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 3JD; CFA; CFZ; HBTB; HPC; PDA; PDX. Dimension: 234 x 153. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199677085
- ISBN
- 9780199677085
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 170.55
€ 170.55
Paperback. Apart from the rainbows, lightning and northern lights in the title, the author discusses the blue of the sky, the colours of twilight and the dewdrop, and halos and other light phenomena. Num Pages: 88 pages, line drawings. BIC Classification: HRAB; HRQC5; PDA; RBP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 140 x 216 x 16. Weight in Grams: 126.
- Publisher
- Temple Lodge Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781906999803
- ISBN
- 9781906999803
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 14.40
€ 15.99
€ 14.40
Paperback. Editor(s): Ernst, Waltraud; Horwath, Ilona. Num Pages: 262 pages. BIC Classification: JFSJ; PDA; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 149 x 226 x 19. Weight in Grams: 424.
- Publisher
- Transcript Verlag
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783837624342
- ISBN
- 9783837624342
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 35.12
€ 48.99
€ 35.12
An analysis and rebuttal of E.O. Wilson's "Consilience", this volume is a devotion of science to the quantitative and reductionist world, measured against the mysterious, qualitative suggestions of religion and art. Num Pages: 176 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 203 x 129 x 12. Weight in Grams: 160.
- Publisher
- United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781582431413
- ISBN
- 9781582431413
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 14.74
€ 16.99
€ 14.74
Paperback. Editor(s): Callebaut, Werner. Series: Science & Its Conceptual Foundations S. Num Pages: 576 pages, 6 line drawings, 25 halftones. BIC Classification: PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 243 x 186 x 27. Weight in Grams: 862.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 576
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226091877
- ISBN
- 9780226091877
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 74.19
€ 74.19
paperback. Explains the central ideas of the quantum revolution and uncertainty principle. This book reveals how words and concepts familiar in daily life can lose their meaning in the world of relativity and quantum physics. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: PDA; PDZ; PH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 11. Weight in Grams: 138.
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141182155
- ISBN
- 9780141182155
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.77
€ 14.99
€ 11.77
Paperback. Thomas Kuhna s shadow hangs over almost every field of intellectual inquiry. His book The Structure of Scientific Revolutions has become a modern classic. His influence on philosophy, social science, historiography, feminism, theology, and (of course) the natural sciences themselves is unparalleled. Series: Key Contemporary Thinkers. Num Pages: 246 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPC; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 16. Weight in Grams: 378. Little to no shelf wear
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- KOC0009960
- ISBN
- 9780745619293
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 20.00
€ 20.00
Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: TCB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 230 x 22. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Encounter Books,USA United States
- Number of pages
- 219
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781594034923
- ISBN
- 9781594034923
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 16.97
€ 16.99
€ 16.97
Includes Whewell's seminal studies of the logic of induction (with his critique of Mill's theory), arguments for his realist view that science discovers necessary truths about nature, and exercises in the epistemology and ontology of science. This book sets forth a coherent statement of a historically important philosophy of science. Num Pages: 370 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: PDA; PDN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 238 x 161 x 27. Weight in Grams: 666.
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
- Edition
- Second Edition,2
- Number of pages
- 369
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780872200838
- ISBN
- 9780872200838
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 55.64€ 43.82
€ 55.64
€ 43.82
Paperback. Editor(s): Peden, Creighton; Willig, Charles. Series: AAR Studies in Religion. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: HRCM; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 13. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1987
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781555401320
- ISBN
- 9781555401320
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.09
€ 37.09
paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: HPK; JHM; PDA; PH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 360.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816620517
- ISBN
- 9780816620517
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.05
€ 38.05
hardcover. This book examines the arguments and behavior of the scientists who have been locked in conflict over two competing theories to explain why, 65 million years ago, most life on earth--including the dinosaurs--perished. Editor(s): Glen, William. Num Pages: 388 pages. BIC Classification: PDA; PSAJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 158 x 28. Weight in Grams: 697.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 388
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804722858
- ISBN
- 9780804722858
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 173.26
€ 173.26
Paperback. In Being as Communion philosopher and mathematician William Dembski provides a non-technical overview of his work on information. Dembski attempts to make good on the promise of John Wheeler, Paul Davies, and others that information is poised to replace matter as the primary stuff of reality. Series Editor(s): Peters, Professor Ted; Trigg, Professor Roger; Van Huyssteen, Professor J. Wentzel. Series: Ashgate Science and Religion Series. Num Pages: 208 pages, Includes 3 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: HPL; HRAM3; PDA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 462.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780754638582
- ISBN
- 9780754638582
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.76
€ 54.76
hardcover. This 1998 book breathes new life into classical design arguments, showing how incomplete undirected causes are for science. Series Editor(s): Skyrms, Brian; Adams, Ernest W.; Binmore, Ken; Butterfield, Jeremy; Diaconis, Persi; Harper, William L.; Harsanyi, John; Jeffrey, Richard C.; Spohn, Wolfgang. Series: Cambridge Studies in Probability, Induction and Decision Theory. Num Pages: 264 pages, notes, references. BIC Classification: HPL; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 525. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0032675
- ISBN
- 9780521623872
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.91
€ 5.91
Paperback. The philosophy of science movement is in disarray. The collapse of logical empiricism, and the rise of historicism and social construtivism have left the sciences without an epistimology. This guide describes the fundamentals of natural philosophy and gives a history of the philosophy of science. Num Pages: 464 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 718.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- The Catholic University of America Press United States
- Number of pages
- 464
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813208602
- ISBN
- 9780813208602
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.46
€ 44.46
Paperback. An analysis of two heuristic strategies for the development of mechanistic models, illustrated with historical examples from the life sciences. Num Pages: 340 pages, 33 b&w illus. BIC Classification: PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 520.
- Publisher
- MIT Press Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 340
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- Reissue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780262514736
- ISBN
- 9780262514736
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 18.53
€ 23.99
€ 18.53
Hardback. Reveals why our faith in scientific certainty is a dangerous illusion, and how only by embracing science's inherent ambiguities and paradoxes can we truly appreciate its beauty and harness its potential. This book challenges our most sacredly held beliefs about science, technology, and progress. Num Pages: 240 pages, 2 halftones. 3 line illus. BIC Classification: PDA; PDX; PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 164 x 20. Weight in Grams: 462.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691146843
- ISBN
- 9780691146843
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 34.68
€ 34.68
Paperback. By explaining how to sire multicolored horses, produce nuts without shells, and create an egg the size of a human head, this title conveys a fascination with tricks and illusions that makes it a work difficult for historians of science to take seriously. Num Pages: 512 pages, 12 halftones. 3 tables. BIC Classification: JFCX; PDA; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 156 x 237 x 31. Weight in Grams: 742.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 510
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691026022
- ISBN
- 9780691026022
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 97.71
€ 97.71
Paperback. This work seeks to break down the barriers between science and religion, as well as between religions themselves, in order to extrapolate a comprehensive understanding of the science of meditation. It reveals ways of understanding the mystical and our search for wisdom in the modern world. Num Pages: 190 pages, glossary, index. BIC Classification: HRAB; PDA; VXA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 225 x 133 x 12. Weight in Grams: 236.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823217755
- ISBN
- 9780823217755
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 33.85
€ 37.99
€ 33.85