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Philosophy of science
hardcover. Investigates the role that Michael Polanyi and several of his contemporaries played in the emergence of the social turn in the philosophy of science. This title reconstructs Polanyi's scientific and political milieus in Budapest, Berlin, and Manchester from the 1910s to the 1950s. Num Pages: 416 pages, 17 halftones, 2 line drawings. BIC Classification: PDA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 237 x 29. Weight in Grams: 728. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press
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- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0033421
- ISBN
- 9780226610634
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paperback. What can we never do? The end of each century leads to a stocktaking of human achievement and our expectations about the future. This book looks at what limits there might be to human discovery and what we might find, ultimately, to be unknowable, undoable, or unthinkable. Num Pages: 304 pages, facsimiles. BIC Classification: HPK; PDA; PDR; PGK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 131 x 21. Weight in Grams: 220. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Vintage
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- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0033702
- ISBN
- 9780099772118
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hardcover. Argues that what we need to more forward in our understanding of human agency is a reform in the way we study ourselves and a long overdue break with traditional humanist thinking. This title draws from the history of science and contemporary psychology and neuroscience to build a framework for the study of human agency. Num Pages: 272 pages, 1 line drawing. BIC Classification: PDA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 522. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Pr.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0033754
- ISBN
- 9780226137629
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hardcover. Presents a philosophical and historical account of the engagement of the major protagonists of Victorian British philosophy. This title considers the controversies between William Whewell and John Stuart Mill on the topics of science, morality, politics, and economics. It is suitable for philosophers and historians of science. Num Pages: 272 pages, 8 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; HPC; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 161 x 30. Weight in Grams: 758. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0033777
- ISBN
- 9780226767338
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paperback. Unique graphic introductions to big ideas and thinkers, written by experts in the field. Illustrator(s): Van Loon, Borin. Series: Introducing.. Num Pages: 176 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: PDA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 168 x 121 x 13. Weight in Grams: 166.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Icon Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781848312968
- ISBN
- 9781848312968
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hardcover. A study of the politics of science, emphasizing the importance of the political origins and impact of scientific ideas. It traces the origins of value-neutrality before the 18th century, explores the exclusion of politics and morals with the emergence of the social sciences and reviews critiques. Num Pages: 344 pages, 6 tables, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 681. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0034068
- ISBN
- 9780674931701
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hardcover. Includes contributions to the philosophy of science from a historical point of view. This work represents a distinguished selection of the "Third Biennial Meeting of the History of Philosophy of Science Working Group" in Vienna, which was jointly organised by Vienna Circle Institute at the University of Vienna. Editor(s): Heidelberger, Michael; Stadler, Friedrich K. Series: Vienna Circle Institute Yearbook. Num Pages: 442 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 813. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. In illustrated covers, no dj as issued, remains very good
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Springer
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0034097
- ISBN
- 9781402005091
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paperback. The first in-depth study of the development of philosophy of science during the Cold War. Num Pages: 434 pages, 8 b/w illus. BIC Classification: PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 26. Weight in Grams: 660. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0034134
- ISBN
- 9780521546898
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paperback. Useful for those interested in science and human nature. The author warns that our understanding of human nature is being distorted by two faulty and harmful forms of pseudo-scientific thinking. He demonstrates that theorist explanations do not work and that if taken seriously their theories tend to have dangerous social consequences. Num Pages: 212 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: JM; KCA; PDA; PSX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 142 x 13. Weight in Grams: 306. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Clarendon Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0034150
- ISBN
- 9780199265503
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paperback. This 2004 book focuses on three issues of debate in Darwin's theory of evolution using a historical and philosophical perspective. Num Pages: 352 pages, 2 tables. BIC Classification: PDA; PSAJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 230 x 153 x 23. Weight in Grams: 474. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0034163
- ISBN
- 9780521541985
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paperback. 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. BIC Classification: PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 520. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0034168
- ISBN
- 9780872200821
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The Concept of the Gene in Development and Evolution: Historical and E...
(Edited By Peter Beurton, Raphael Falk, Hans-...
hardcover. This interdisciplinary collection of essays questions: what are genes? Editor(s): Beurton, Peter J.; Falk, Raphael; Rheinberger, Hans-Jorg. Series Editor(s): Ruse, Michael. Series: Cambridge Studies in Philosophy and Biology. Num Pages: 404 pages, 11 b/w illus. 1 table. BIC Classification: PDA; PSAK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 760. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0034216
- ISBN
- 9780521771870
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paperback. Translator(s): Sandler, Lorna. Series: Enlightenment source texts. Num Pages: 218 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCD; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 220 x 138 x 17. Weight in Grams: 296. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Clinamen Press Ltd
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0034268
- ISBN
- 9781903083055
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hardcover. A controversial challenge to current views of evolution, for the general reader. Num Pages: 486 pages, 50 b/w illus. BIC Classification: PDA; PDZ; RBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 926. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0034362
- ISBN
- 9780521827041
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hardcover. Philosophical naturalism, according to which philosophy is continuous with the natural sciences, has dominated the Western academy for well over a century; but the author claims that it is without rational foundation, and that the costs of embracing it are surprisingly high. Num Pages: 256 pages, references, index. BIC Classification: HPJ; HRAB; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 145 x 18. Weight in Grams: 458. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- OUP Oxford
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0034395
- ISBN
- 9780199247608
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hardcover. This study presents a substantial and often radical reinterpretation of some of the central themes of Locke's thought. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: PDA. Dimension: 228 x 152. Weight in Grams: 63. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. Lacking dj, remains very good
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1985
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0034433
- ISBN
- 9780521267076
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hardcover. A critical edition of the writings of the English philosopher and sage Francis Bacon (1561-1626). It contains six of Bacon's Latin scientific works, each accompanied by entirely new facing-page translations which, together with the extensive introduction and commentaries, offer fresh insights into one of the great minds of the early 17th century. Editor(s): Rees, The late Graham. Translator(s): Edwards, Michael. Series: The Oxford Francis Bacon. Num Pages: 620 pages, 6 plates, 3 figures and 2 tables. BIC Classification: 3JD; DNF; HPCB; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 143 x 38. Weight in Grams: 1030. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. Lacking dj, remains very good
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Clarendon Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0034435
- ISBN
- 9780198122906
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hardcover. A controversial challenge to current views of evolution, for the general reader. Num Pages: 486 pages, 50 b/w illus. BIC Classification: PDA; PDZ; RBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 926. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0034681
- ISBN
- 9780521827041
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€ 5.91
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hardcover. Notions of nature and art as they have been defined and redefined in Western culture, from the Hippocratic writers and Aristotle of Ancient Greece to nineteenth-century chemistry and twenty-first century biomimetics. Editor(s): Bensaude-Vincent, Bernadette; Newman, William R. Series: Dibner Institute Studies in the History of Science & Technology Series. Num Pages: 344 pages, 29 figs. illus. BIC Classification: PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 590. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- MIT Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0034685
- ISBN
- 9780262026208
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hardcover. Ron Amundson examines 200 years of scientific views on the evolution-development relationship from the perspective of evolutionary developmental biology. Series: Cambridge Studies in Philosophy and Biology. Num Pages: 296 pages, 3 line diagrams 4 half-tones. BIC Classification: PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 549. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0034705
- ISBN
- 9780521806992
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paperback. This 2001 book brings together many of David Hull's most important essays on selection in one accessible volume. Series: Cambridge Studies in Philosophy and Biology. Num Pages: 278 pages, 2 b/w illus. BIC Classification: PDA; PSAJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 386. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0034748
- ISBN
- 9780521644051
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paperback. Examines human inventions from the water wheel to the nuclear bomb and discusses theories of technology in the thought of philosophers including Plato, Aristotle, Bacon, Marx, Heidegger, Spinoza, Mumford, and McLuhan. Num Pages: 256 pages, 8 illustrations, 11 figures. BIC Classification: PDA; TB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 280 x 228 x 35. Weight in Grams: 402. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0034758
- ISBN
- 9780520080553
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hardcover. Editor(s): Grene, Marjorie; Nails, Debra. Series: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science. Num Pages: 358 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 297 x 210 x 20. Weight in Grams: 680. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1986
- Publisher
- Springer
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0034796
- ISBN
- 9789027719768
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€ 5.91
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hardcover. This book, first published in 2004, provides a comprehensive balanced overview of the debate concerning biological origins. Editor(s): Dembski, William A.; Ruse, Michael. Num Pages: 424 pages, 5 half-tones 1 table. BIC Classification: PDA; PSAJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 160 x 32. Weight in Grams: 694. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSK0000414
- ISBN
- 9780521829496
Hardback
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€ 5.91
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