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    Science, Mind and Art

    In three volumes, a distinguished group of scholars from a variety of disciplines in the natural and social sciences, the humanities and the arts contribute essays in honor of Robert S. Cohen, on the occasion of his 70th...
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    Logic and Philosophy of Science in Uppsala

    The International Congresses of Logic, Methodology and Philosophy of Science, which are held every fourth year, give a cross-section of ongoing research in logic and philosophy of science. Both the invited lectures and the many...
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  • Philosophy of Technology in Spanish Speaking Countries Philosophy of Technology in Spanish Speaking Countries
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    Philosophy of Technology in Spanish Speaking Countries

    Preface; C. Mitcham. Analytic Table of Contents. Introduction: El desafío de la tecnología: Authors and Issues in Philosophy of Technology in the Spanish-Speaking World; C. Mitcham. Part I: From Chile: Technology and Politics: Toward Artificial...
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  • Zygmunt Zawirski Zygmunt Zawirski
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    Zygmunt Zawirski

    Editorial Foreword; R.S. Cohen. I: A Historico-Critical Introduction; I. Szumilewicz-Lachman. One: Some Data. Two: Kazimierz Twardowski (1866-1938), the Creator of the Lwów-Warsaw School. Three: The Lwów-Warsaw School (1895-1939). Four: The LWS...
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    Patrick Suppes

    Patrick Suppes is a philosopher and scientist whose contributions range over probability and statistics, mathematical and experimental psychology, the foundations of physics, education theory, the philosophy of language,...
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  • The Natural Sciences and the Social Sciences The Natural Sciences and the Social Sciences
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    The Natural Sciences and the Social Sciences

    Natural Sciences and the Social Sciences contains a series of explorations of the different ways in which the social sciences have interacted with the natural sciences. Usually, such interactions are considered to go only...
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  • Models and Methods in the Philosophy of Science Models and Methods in the Philosophy of Science
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    Models and Methods in the Philosophy of Science

    The thirty-one papers collected in this volume represent most of the arti­ cles that I have published in the philosophy of science and related founda­ tional areas of science since 1970. The present volume is a natural succes­...
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  • Correspondence, Invariance and Heuristics Correspondence, Invariance and Heuristics
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    Correspondence, Invariance and Heuristics

    This volume is presented in honour of Heinz Post, who founded a distinc­ tive and distinguished school of philosophy of science at Chelsea College, University of London. The 'Chelsea tradition' in philosophy of science takes...
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  • Democracy in a Technological Society Democracy in a Technological Society
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    Democracy in a Technological Society

    This ninth volume is one of the most arnbitious in the Philosophy and Technology series. Edited by technopolitical philosopher Langdon Winner, it assembles an impressive collection of philosophers and political theorists to...
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  • Philosophie asiatique/Asian philosophy Philosophie asiatique/Asian philosophy
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    Philosophie asiatique/Asian philosophy

    The present publication is a continuation of two earlier series of chronicles, Philosophy in the Mid-Century (Firenze 1958/59) and Contemporary Philosophy (Firenze 1968), edited by Raymond Klibansky. As with the earlier series...
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  • Galileo's Logic of Discovery and Proof Galileo's Logic of Discovery and Proof
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    Galileo's Logic of Discovery and Proof

    This volume is presented as a companion study to my translation of Galileo's MS 27, Galileo's Logical Treatises, which contains Galileo's appropriated questions on Aristotle's Posterior Analytics - a work only recently...
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  • Methodological Variance Methodological Variance
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    Methodological Variance

    For a philosopher with an abiding interest in the nature of objective knowledge systems in science, what could be more important than trying to think in terms of those very subjects of such knowledge to which men like Galileo,...
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    Understanding Origins

    The main intention of this book is to bring together contributions from biology, cognitive science, and the humanities for a joint exploration of some of the main contemporary notions dealing with the understanding of origins...
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    Explanation in the Sciences

    Emile Meyerson's writings on the philosophy of science are a rich source of ideas and information concerning many philosophical and historical aspects of the development of modem science. Meyerson's works are not widely read or...
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  • The Philosophy Of Right And Left The Philosophy Of Right And Left
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    The Philosophy Of Right And Left

    Incongruent counterparts are objects that are perfectly similar except for being mirror images of each other, such as left and right human hands. Immanuel Kant was the first great thinker to point out the philosophical...
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    The Ten Assumptions of Science

    The Ten Assumptions of Science presents the logically coherent set of assumptions destined to define 21st century scientific philosophy. Glenn Borchardt first explains why assumptions and not absolutes are necessary for scientific thinking. By exploring...
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  • The Politics of Bioethics The Politics of Bioethics
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    The Politics of Bioethics

    Recent rapid advances in the biosciences have led to considerable debate about the social, ethical, and legal implications of research and its applications. The mapping of the human genome, advances in cloning techniques, the harvesting of embryonic stem...
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  • The Social Life of Nanotechnology The Social Life of Nanotechnology
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    The Social Life of Nanotechnology

    This book addresses the interconnections and tensions between technological development, the social benefits and risks of new technology, and the changing political economy of a global world system as they apply to the emerging field of nanotechnologies...
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  • The Culture of Science The Culture of Science
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    The Culture of Science

    This book offers the first comparative account of the changes and stabilities of public perceptions of science within the US, France, China, Japan, and across Europe over the past few decades. The contributors address the influence of cultural factors;...
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  • Death of Life Death of Life
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    Death of Life

    Preface - Biology is Ill - Before the Ball - Biology Goes to the Ball - Biology's Mid-Life Crisis - The Road(s) Not Taken: From Lamarck to Lovelock - La Mort de Cendrillon and Her Last Will and Testament - Endnotes - Bibliography - Index
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  • On Expertise On Expertise
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    On Expertise

    A rhetorical account of expertise and expert status that is informed by research in allied fields, including Science, Technology, and Society studies, psychology, education, and philosophy.
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  • Tapestry of Values Tapestry of Values
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    Tapestry of Values

    The role of values in scientific research has become an important topic of discussion in both scholarly and popular debates. Pundits across the political spectrum worry that research on topics like climate change, evolutionary theory, vaccine safety, and...
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  • Der Begriff des Komischen im Werk von Henri Bergson Der Begriff des Komischen im Werk von Henri Bergson
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    Der Begriff des Komischen im Werk von Henri Bergson

    Examensarbeit aus dem Jahr 2019 im Fachbereich Philosophie - Praktische (Ethik, Ästhetik, Kultur, Natur, Recht, ...), Note: 1,7, Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-Universität Greifswald (Institut für Philosophie), Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Das Komische und das mit...
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  • The World As I See It The World As I See It
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    The World As I See It

    The most advanced and celebrated mind of the 20th Century, without a doubt, is attributed to Albert Einstein. Instead of his hard science and advanced mathematical theories, which often go far beyond the minds of average people, this book allows us to...
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  • Knowing for Yourself Knowing for Yourself
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    Knowing for Yourself

    How have we come to be here? Curiosity about our past blossoms in every mind, especially in the minds of those who have had a small exposure to the study of science. Yet technology and science keep on changing. How much patience do you have with someone...
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  • Insight Outlook Insight Outlook
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    Insight Outlook

    Dr. Albert Hofmann, one of this century's greatest minds, offers a lifetime of insights, observations, and discussions. He leads us on an exploration of reality perception, where our newly discovered insights are drawn into intellectual meditation...
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  • Feminism, Science, and the Philosophy of Science Feminism, Science, and the Philosophy of Science
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    Feminism, Science, and the Philosophy of Science

    Feminism, Science, and the Philosophy of Science brings together original essays by both feminist and mainstream philosophers of science that examine issues at the intersections of feminism, science, and the philosophy of...
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  • Knowing and the Mystique of Logic and Rules Knowing and the Mystique of Logic and Rules
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    Knowing and the Mystique of Logic and Rules

    Human knowing is examined as it emerges from classical empirical psychology, with its ramifications into language, computing, science, and scholarship. While the discussion takes empirical support from a wide range, claims...
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  • Tradition and Innovation Tradition and Innovation
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    Tradition and Innovation

    In my early years I was constituted in the exacting imperatives of philosophical analysis. That stern face is present in the composition of the Newton essays chosen here for republication. It is my hope that potential readers...
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  • The Foundational Debate The Foundational Debate
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    The Foundational Debate

    Constructibility and complexity play central roles in recent research in computer science, mathematics and physics. For example, scientists are investigating the complexity of computer programs, constructive proofs in...
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  • The Concept of Knowledge The Concept of Knowledge
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    The Concept of Knowledge

    In relation to the problems faced today, in contemplation and in practical affairs, philosophers must confront the question `What is knowledge?', and consider whether knowledge has lost its object. Such was the problem...
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  • Biology as Society, Society as Biology Biology as Society, Society as Biology
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    Biology as Society, Society as Biology

    not lie in the conceptual distinctions but in the perceived functions of metaphors and whether in the concrete case they are judged positive or negative. The ongoing debates reflect these concerns quite clearly~ namely that...
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  • Norms, Values, and Society Norms, Values, and Society
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    Norms, Values, and Society

    Norms, Values, and Society is the second Yearbook of the Vienna Circle Institute, which was founded in October 1991. The main part of the book contains original contributions to an international symposium the Institute ...
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  • Science, Politics and Social Practice Science, Politics and Social Practice
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    Science, Politics and Social Practice

    The essays in this Festschrift are celebrations of the human mind in its manifold expressions - philosophical, scientific, historical, aesthetic, political - and in its various modes - analytical, systematic, critical,...
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  • Physics, Philosophy, and the Scientific Community Physics, Philosophy, and the Scientific Community
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    Physics, Philosophy, and the Scientific Community

    In three volumes, a distinguished group of scholars from a variety of disciplines in the natural and social sciences, the humanities and the arts contribute essays in honor of Robert S. Cohen, on the occasion of his 70th...
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