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Philosophy of science
paperback. Presents a collection of essays which explains a reflection on the author's project to anthropologize the West. This book attempts to exoticize the Western constitution of reality, emphasizes those domains taken as universal, and shows how their claims to truth are linked to particular social practices, hence becoming effective social forces. Series: Princeton Studies in Culture, Power, History. Num Pages: 216 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ; JHM; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 314. Good clean copy with minor age & shelf wear, remains very good
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0036687
- ISBN
- 9780691011585
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paperback. Series: Science & Its Conceptual Foundations S. Num Pages: 718 pages, 38 halftones. BIC Classification: JFCX; JMC; PDA; PDX; PSAJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 161 x 230 x 46. Weight in Grams: 1124. Good clean copy with minor age & shelf wear, remains very good
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0036685
- ISBN
- 9780226712000
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paperback. In 1715 the German philosopher Leibniz warned his friend the Princess of Wales of the dangers posed to religion by Newton's ideas. The matter was referred to Newtonian scholar Samuel Clarke and thus began an exchange of papers that became a seminal document in the philosophy of science. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPC; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 142 x 17. Weight in Grams: 364. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear. Light pencil underscoring, all pages intact and remains very good
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1977
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0036653
- ISBN
- 9780719006692
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Darwinism Evolving: Systems Dynamics and the Genealogy of Natural Sele...
Depew, David J. J.; Weber, Bruce H.
paperback. Darwinism Evolving examines the Darwinian research tradition in evolutionary biology from its inception to its turbulent present, arguing that recent advances in modeling the nonlinear dynamics of complex systems may well catalyze the next major phase of Darwinian evolutionism. Series: Bradford Books. Num Pages: 602 pages, 11. BIC Classification: PDA; PSAJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 246 x 173 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1271. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear, remains very good
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- MIT Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0036390
- ISBN
- 9780262540834
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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
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- MIT Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0036384
- ISBN
- 9780262731232
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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
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0036251
- ISBN
- 9780415107716
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paperback. Midgley notes how science has developed high spiritual ambitions. From prophetic physicists have come speculations that go beyond the claims of any religion. Num Pages: 252 pages. BIC Classification: PDA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 328. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear, remains very good
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0036250
- ISBN
- 9780415107730
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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
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Springer
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0035665
- ISBN
- 9780792315780
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paperback. This study of chaos and order in the universe aims to mark a new direction in the scientific approach to astrophysics. It draws physics, biology, chemistry and astronomy into a philosophy of order, which is able to accommodate the individual act and random event without causing breakdowns. Num Pages: 336 pages, 2 halftones, numerous line drawings. BIC Classification: PDA; PG; PH; PS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 475. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press USA
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0035612
- ISBN
- 9780195069082
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paperback. Series: The Western Ontario Series in Philosophy of Science. Num Pages: 128 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 8. Weight in Grams: 250. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1981
- Publisher
- D. Reidel Publishing Company
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0035511
- ISBN
- 9789027712530
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hardcover. This is a substantial and valuable study of the intellectual Renaissance background from which Bacon emerged and against which he reacted. Num Pages: 275 pages. BIC Classification: PDA. Dimension: 222 x 145. Weight in Grams: 43. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
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- Hardback
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0035449
- ISBN
- 9780521204941
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![(Edited By William R. Shea) - Nature Mathematized: Historical and Philosophical Case Studies in Classical Modern Natural Philosophy (The Western Ontario Series in Philosophy of Science) [Volume I only] - 9789027714022 - KSG0035340](https://www.kennys.ie/products/thumbs/9789027714022.jpg "(Edited By William R. Shea) - Nature Mathematized: Historical and Philosophical Case Studies in Classical Modern Natural Philosophy (The Western Ontario Series in Philosophy of Science) [Volume I only] - 9789027714022 - KSG0035340")
Nature Mathematized: Historical and Philosophical Case Studies in Clas...
(Edited By William R. Shea)
hardcover. Editor(s): Shea, W. R. Series: The Western Ontario Series in Philosophy of Science. Num Pages: 344 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 660. Volume I only. Good clean copy with minor age & shelfwear. DJ price clipped & has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1982
- Publisher
- D. Reidel Publishing Company
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0035340
- ISBN
- 9789027714022
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paperback. Series: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science. Num Pages: 391 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PDA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 630. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1974
- Publisher
- D. Reidel Publishing Company
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KTS0036250
- ISBN
- 9789027704634
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hardcover. Series: The Western Ontario Series in Philosophy of Science. Num Pages: 260 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 297 x 210 x 17. Weight in Grams: 565. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1981
- Publisher
- D. Reidel Publishing Company
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KTS0036204
- ISBN
- 9789027713155
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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
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KTS0036140
- ISBN
- 9780415058773
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paperback. Editor(s): Grene, Marjorie; Mendelson, Everett. Series: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science. Num Pages: 467 pages, 2 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: PDA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 760. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1975
- Publisher
- Reidel Publishing Company
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KTS0036114
- ISBN
- 9789027705969
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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
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KTS0036060
- ISBN
- 9780691033433
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paperback. 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; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 521. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSK0000784
- ISBN
- 9780804722865
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paperback. A clear and accessible discussion of the ideas and issues behind chaotic dynamics. Num Pages: 204 pages, 46 figures. BIC Classification: HPS; PDA; PHQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 11. Weight in Grams: 340. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSK0000726
- ISBN
- 9780521477475
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