Philosophy of science
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Philosophy of science
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
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- 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
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- 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
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- 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
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- 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
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- 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
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- 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
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- 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
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- 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
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- 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
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- 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
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- 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
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
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- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSK0000726
- ISBN
- 9780521477475
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hardcover. John T. Roberts presents and defends a radical new theory of laws of nature. His Measurability Account affirms that there is an important sense in which laws govern the universe, rather than simply describing it economically. He argues that what is essential to laws is that they guarantee the reliability of methods of measuring natural quantities. Num Pages: 420 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPJ; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 158 x 29. Weight in Grams: 790. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- OUP Oxford
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- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSK0000620
- ISBN
- 9780199557707
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The Scientific and the Divine. Conflict and Reconciliation from Ancien...
Arieti, James A.; Wilson, Patric 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. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
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- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSK0000569
- ISBN
- 9780742513976
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paperback. An important treatise by one of the leading mechanical philosophers of the seventeenth century. Editor(s): Davis, Edward B.; Hunter, Michael. Series Editor(s): Ameriks, Karl; Clarke, Desmond M. Series: Cambridge Texts in the History of Philosophy. Num Pages: 212 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCD; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 320. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSK0000567
- ISBN
- 9780521567961
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paperback. The contributors to this volume examine the thought of 13 writers in all fields of philosophy and the sciences, some much studied, others relatively neglected. The essays show that the break between modern and traditional philosophy is not as complete as is usually suggested. Editor(s): Sorell, Professor Tom. Num Pages: 362 pages, 1 line drawing. BIC Classification: HPC; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 22. Weight in Grams: 478. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSK0000562
- ISBN
- 9780198236054
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paperback. Science is at the heart of contemporary society and is therefore central to the social sciences. Yet science studies has often encountered resistance from social scientists. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JH; PDA. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 242 x 173 x 13. Weight in Grams: 416. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications Ltd
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSK0000552
- ISBN
- 9780803986923
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paperback. This book describes how natural philosophy and exact mathematical sciences joined together to make the Scientific Revolution possible. Num Pages: 376 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: PDA; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 227 x 151 x 24. Weight in Grams: 514. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSK0000545
- ISBN
- 9780521689571
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hardcover. This is a clear and well-written guide to the philosophy of laws of nature and offers a critical survey of the main positions debated in the current literature on the nature of 'laws of nature'. Series Editor(s): Friggieri, Professor Joseph; Gatens, Professor Moira; Glendinning, Dr. Simon; Goldman, Professor Alan; Helm, Professor Paul; Lamb, Professor David; Lipton, Professor Peter; Musgrave, Professor Alan; Oates, Moore. Series: Ashgate New Critical Thinking in Philosophy. Num Pages: 174 pages. BIC Classification: PDA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. Weight in Grams: 406. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. Illustrated covers, no DJ as issued, remains very good
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Ashgate
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSK0000481
- ISBN
- 9780754639947
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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
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSK0000414
- ISBN
- 9780521829496
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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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