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Philosophy of science
Hardback. Thought-provoking and controversial, Lawless Universe is a complement to, even an antidote for, books that create the misimpression that science can explain everything. Num Pages: 200 pages, 1, 1 graphs. BIC Classification: PDA; PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 145 x 17. Weight in Grams: 336.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801895807
- ISBN
- 9780801895807
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.02
€ 94.02
Paperback. This work is an account of the human tendency to deny or minimize biology. It considers a wide variety of anti-biological systems and their relation to larger issues, particularly gender studies, and discusses a variety of expressions of the antithesis between human beings and natural processes. Num Pages: 254 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: JFSJ; PDA; PS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 136 x 14. Weight in Grams: 295.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 254
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761803218
- ISBN
- 9780761803218
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 101.15
€ 101.15
Paperback. Editor(s): Shannon, Thomas A. Series: Readings in Bioethics. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: PDA; PSAK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 11. Weight in Grams: 299.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742532380
- ISBN
- 9780742532380
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.43
€ 51.43
Hardback. Clough shows how inadequate empirical philosophy is in creating real change in the sciences. Instead, she supports a more pragmatic approach based on the work of Richard Rorty and Donald Davidson. This work encourages Clough's fellow feminists to refocus their critiques and discard their philosophical debates about epistemology. Num Pages: 176 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: HPK; JFFK; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 163 x 17. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742514645
- ISBN
- 9780742514645
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 165.35
€ 165.35
The Scientific and the Divine. Conflict and Reconciliation from Ancien...
Arieti, James A.; Wilson, Patrick A.
Paperback. Examines the perennial issues that keep science and religion at arm's length, clarifies those issues, and fits them into an historical framework-from Plato, to Aquinas, to today's thinkers. Num Pages: 352 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: HRAB; HRAX; PDA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 149 x 19. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742513976
- ISBN
- 9780742513976
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 68.66
€ 68.66
The Scientific and the Divine. Conflict and Reconciliation from Ancien...
Arieti, James A.; Wilson, Patrick A.
Hardback. Examines the perennial issues that keep science and religion at arm's length, clarifies those issues, and fits them into an historical framework-from Plato, to Aquinas, to today's thinkers. Num Pages: 352 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: HRAB; HRAX; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 26. Weight in Grams: 572.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742513969
- ISBN
- 9780742513969
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 173.58
€ 173.58
Paperback. An up-to-date guide on the stem cell controversy and the discovery, hope, and fear that surrounds.. Num Pages: 328 pages, colour illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: PDA; PSF; TCB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 143 x 26. Weight in Grams: 394.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Skyhorse Publishing United States
- Edition
- Second Edition
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611453522
- ISBN
- 9781611453522
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.53
€ 18.99
€ 17.53
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 to each other. Editor(s): Allhoff, Fritz. Num Pages: 368 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 163 x 26. Weight in Grams: 698.
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405199957
- ISBN
- 9781405199957
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.64
€ 53.64
A Companion to the Philosophy of Biology offers concise overviews of philosophical issues raised by all areas of biology. Addressing both traditional and emerging areas of philosophical interest, the volume focuses on the philosophical implications of evolutionary theory as well as key topics such as molecular biology, immunology, and ecology. Editor(s): Sarkar, Sahotra; Plutynski, Anya. Series: Blackwell Companions to Philosophy. Num Pages: 616 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: PDA; PS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 253 x 183 x 38. Weight in Grams: 1238.
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 616
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405125727
- ISBN
- 9781405125727
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 273.81
€ 273.81
Paperback. Editor(s): Butera, Giuseppe. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: PDA; PGK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- American Maritain Association United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780982711910
- ISBN
- 9780982711910
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.40
€ 34.40
Paperback. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: PDA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 191.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The Catholic University of America Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813220147
- ISBN
- 9780813220147
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.95
€ 26.95
Grizzle provides a history of science/religion interactions, with an emphasis on Christianity. He also examines his own history of dialogue, which involves self-reflection and interactions with others on science and religion. He focuses on what we have learned about the structure, history, and functioning of creation. Num Pages: 110 pages. BIC Classification: HRAB; HRAM3; PDA; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 158 x 236 x 14. Weight in Grams: 324.
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 110
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761858058
- ISBN
- 9780761858058
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 95.56
€ 95.56
Paperback. Presents an account of the scientific achievements and lives of cosmologists from Babylonians to Newton. Num Pages: 624 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFCX; PDA; PDX; PGK; WNX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 26. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140192469
- ISBN
- 9780140192469
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 20.77
€ 23.99
€ 20.77
Hardcover. Hud Hudson shows that apparently irreconcilable conflicts between science and religion often turn out to be misdescribed battles about negotiable philosophical assumptions. He defends an original Hypertime Hypothesis which reconciles the Christian doctrines of The Fall and Original Sin with reigning scientific orthodoxy. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: HPJ; HRAB; HRAM3; PDA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 224 x 19. Weight in Grams: 418.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198712695
- ISBN
- 9780198712695
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 98.95
€ 98.95
hardcover. Translator(s): Ruyer, Alyosha. Series: Posthumanities. Num Pages: 336 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: PDA. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780816692040
- ISBN
- 9780816692040
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 92.36
€ 92.36
Paperback. This book retraces the life and work of Nobel Laureate Wolfgang Pauli, one of the great physicists of the 20th century. Pauli spent most of his professional life in Zurich where he was a professor at the Federal Institute of Technology ETH, and where he was in close contact with the psychology of C.G. Jung. Num Pages: 584 pages, 39 b/w halftones. BIC Classification: BGT; JMAJ; PDA; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 880.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 584
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199588152
- ISBN
- 9780199588152
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 79.61
€ 79.61
paperback. Series: Environmental Ethics & Science Policy Series. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HPQ; HPS; PDA; PDK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 18. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9780190603816
- ISBN
- 9780190603816
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 70.51
€ 70.51
hardcover. Not all scientific explanations work by describing causal connections between events or the world's overall causal structure. In addition, mathematicians regard some proofs as explaining why the theorems being proved do in fact hold. This book proposes new philosophical accounts of many kinds of non-causal explanations in science and mathematics. Series: Oxford Studies in Philosophy of Science. Num Pages: 512 pages, 56. BIC Classification: HPJ; PBB; PDA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 182 x 39. Weight in Grams: 826.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 512
- Condition
- New
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780190269487
- ISBN
- 9780190269487
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 135.04
€ 135.04
paperback. Physical Relativity is a critical examination of one of the foundations of modern science, Einstein's 1905 special theory of relativity. Harvey Brown defends an original interpretation of the theory, and hence of the nature of space and time, which combines Einstein's insights with those of his immediate precursors. Num Pages: 240 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: PDA; PDX; PGZ; PHR. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199232925
- ISBN
- 9780199232925
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 69.42
€ 69.42
paperback. Forrest and Gross expose the scientific failure, the religious essence, and the political ambitions of "intelligent design" creationism highlighting its threat to public education and to the separation of church and state. Num Pages: 448 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: PDA; PDX; PSAJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 235 x 23. Weight in Grams: 630.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Edition
- Updated ed.
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195319736
- ISBN
- 9780195319736
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.18
€ 38.18