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Philosophy of science

Paperback. These essays go to the roots of the religious/science impass. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: HRCM; PDA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 142 x 14. Weight in Grams: 240.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
World Wisdom
Condition
New
SKU
V9780941532181
ISBN
9780941532181
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.81

Paperback. Canadian poet links cosmology, mythology, and the human heart in a range of poetic forms. Series: Robert Kroetsch Series. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: DCF; HPJ; PDA. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 230 x 134 x 14. Weight in Grams: 248.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of Alberta Press Canada
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9781772120912
ISBN
9781772120912
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 17.37

paperback. This text presents an account of the argument between Thomas Hobbes and John Wallis, from the core mathematics to the broader issues. Their "battle of the books" illuminates the relationship between science and 17th-century debates over the limits of sovereign power and the existence of God. Series: Science & Its Conceptual Foundations S. Num Pages: 424 pages, 46 line drawings. BIC Classification: PBB; PDA; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 602.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226399003
ISBN
9780226399003
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 64.82

hardcover. Num Pages: 208 pages, 20. BIC Classification: HPCD; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 242 x 162 x 19. Weight in Grams: 494.
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Number of pages
208
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801437649
ISBN
9780801437649
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 115.69

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
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 15.00

paperback. This fresh collection of essays, drawn from a broad range of disciplines, brings neglected cognitive, anthropological, and historical dimensions to philosophical debates over species. Editor(s): Wilson, Robert A. Series: Bradford Books. Num Pages: 349 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: PDA; PSAJ. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UP) Postgraduate; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 252 x 178 x 22. Weight in Grams: 703. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear, remains very good
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
MIT Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0036384
ISBN
9780262731232
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 15.00

Paperback. Editor(s): Kuhn, Michael; Okamoto, Kazumi. Num Pages: 306 pages, fig: 3, b&w, table: 13, b&w. BIC Classification: HPK; JHB; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 168 x 18. Weight in Grams: 562.
Publisher
ibidem-Verlag, Jessica Haunschild u Christian Schon
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2021
Condition
New
SKU
V9783838205267
ISBN
9783838205267
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.00
€ 20.37

Hardcover. Tracing the roots of brutal 20th-century human experimentation and extermination to worldviews that dehumanize perpetrators and victims in distinctive ways, Vining finds a parallel between them and "total theory" - beautiful and helpful explanations through attention to system and process that claim to account for the universe and everything in it. Num Pages: 184 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: PDA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 159 x 19. Weight in Grams: 490.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780268043629
ISBN
9780268043629
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 36.87

Paperback. .
Publisher
Melrose Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781911280972
ISBN
9781911280972
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.61

Paperback. Num Pages: 310 pages, 2 black & white tables, 17 black & white halftones, 3 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: JHB; JHM; JHMC; JM; JP; KC; PDA; PDX; RGC. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 157 x 233 x 33. Weight in Grams: 492.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781138675797
ISBN
9781138675797
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.20

Hardback. .
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781138285224
ISBN
9781138285224
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 193.25

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

€ 46.06

Hardcover. Num Pages: 352 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, figures, graphs. BIC Classification: 3JJ; PDA; PHP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 159 x 28. Weight in Grams: 680.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Pittsburgh Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822944300
ISBN
9780822944300
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 73.42

Paperback. Larson shows how the seemingly broad-based eugenics movement was in fact a series of distinct campaigns by small groups of determined individuals for legislation at the state level. Num Pages: 264 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBD; JMU; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 175 x 16. Weight in Grams: 398.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801855115
ISBN
9780801855115
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.91

Paperback. In this introduction to philosophy of biology, Kim Sterelny and Paul E. Griffiths present both the science and the philosophical context necessary for a critical understanding of the debates shaping biology at the end of the 20th century. Series: Science & Its Conceptual Foundations S. Num Pages: 416 pages, 16 halftones, 25 line drawings, further reading. BIC Classification: PDA; PS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 29. Weight in Grams: 722.
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
2nd ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226773049
ISBN
9780226773049
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.47

paperback. Sorrell is critical of the scientistic tendency in philosophy. He does not wish to devalue science but supports the need to raise the status of arts and humanities within the discipline. Series: International Library of Philosophy. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: HPC; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 294. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear, remains very good
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Routledge
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0036251
ISBN
9780415107716
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 15.00

paperback. Editor(s): Hacking, Ian. Series: Oxford Readings in Philosophy. Num Pages: 186 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: PDA. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 201 x 136 x 11. Weight in Grams: 228. (1992 reprint). Good clean copy with minor shelf wear, remains very good
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1981
Publisher
OUP: Oxford University Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0037639
ISBN
9780198750512
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 15.00

Hardback. Originally published in French as: Pluralismes scientifiques: enjeux aepistaemiques et maetaphysiques (Paris: Editions Hermann, 2013). Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 399.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
University of Pittsburgh Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822944584
ISBN
9780822944584
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 63.89

Hardback. Editor(s): Kellert, Stephen H.; Longino, Helen E. Num Pages: 272 pages, 1 halftone, 7 figures. BIC Classification: PDA; PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 150 x 21. Weight in Grams: 503.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816647637
ISBN
9780816647637
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 69.07

Paperback. Many people assume that the claims of scientists are objective truths. This title argues that the acts of observing and theorizing are both matters of perspective - which makes scientific knowledge contingent. It also states that colors do not actually exist in objects. Num Pages: 160 pages, 12 colour plates, 29 line drawings. BIC Classification: PDA; PHJ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 155 x 228 x 11. Weight in Grams: 264.
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226292137
ISBN
9780226292137
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 39.65

Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 156 x 13. Weight in Grams: 282.
Publisher
University of Illinois Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252064364
ISBN
9780252064364
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.80

Paperback. A preeminent science studies scholar shows how feminist and postcolonial science studies challenge the problematic modernity versus tradition binary. Series: Next Wave: New Directions in Women's Studies. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: JFFK; PDA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 155 x 235 x 21. Weight in Grams: 502.
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
296
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822342823
ISBN
9780822342823
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.70

Paperback. Written between 1972 and 1999 by the late Professor, this collection of essays deals with controversial and topical issues in philosophy of science, education, and morality. It also features exchanges between the author and other leading philosophers, including a dialogue with Eger's colleague and friend, the eminent philosopher, Abner Shimony. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: HPC; PDA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 228 x 30. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Open Court Publishing Co ,U.S. United States
Number of pages
480
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812694611
ISBN
9780812694611
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 39.74

Paperback. Closely examining some of our notions about the role of science, the author engages the heated debate about how scientific knowledge should be pursued and employed. He paints a portrait of the sciences that allows for the possibility of scientific truth but nonetheless permits social consensus to determine which avenues need to be investigated. Series: Oxford Studies in the Philosophy of Science. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFF; PDA; PSAD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 228 x 14. Weight in Grams: 368.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195165524
ISBN
9780195165524
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 88.80

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