Philosophy of science Books

This book documents a paradigm shift, not only in the sciences but also in society. Everywhere in society systems are becoming networks. This implies not only a new understanding of social science but also of society and ourselves. The book describes the...

The idea of a paradigm shift was initially presented in Thomas Kuhn's influential book The Structure of Scientific Revolutions (1962). Kuhn used this concept-the creation of a new world-view-to explain how scientific progress develops, specifically in...

The structure and metabolism of prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells reveals their nature and evolution, which can lead to new treatments for infectious and malignant diseases.Goran Indjic, a physician and clinical microbiologist, shares a detailed analysis...

Logic V2 is a book written by Richard Kirwan in 1807. It is an essay on the elements, principles, and different modes of reasoning. The book is divided into three parts, each of which covers a different aspect of logic. The first part deals with the...

The Class Book of Natural Theology is a book written by Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet and published in 1835. It is a comprehensive guide to the study of natural theology, which is the study of the existence and attributes of God through the natural world. The...

Paley's Natural Theology V2: With Illustrative Notes, Etc. (1842) is a book written by William Paley. This book is a continuation of Paley's earlier work, Natural Theology, which was published in 1802. In this book, Paley presents his arguments for the...

An Ethical System: Based On The Laws Of Nature is a book written by Marius Deshumbert in 1917. The book presents an ethical system that is based on the laws of nature. The author argues that the laws of nature provide a solid foundation for ethics and...

Questo libro è la seconda edizione notevolmente ampliata del precedente volumetto "Entanglement quantistico e inconscio collettivo". Raccoglie i migliori contributi pubblicati dall'autore nei suoi blog, social e  siti in lingua italiana.Il...

‘Potted Grammar’? ‘Natural Dialectic?’ This book is a companion to ‘Science and the Soul’ whose subtitle reads ‘facts and philosophy translated into Natural Dialectic’. It extracts, for clarity, the...

What are the unequivocal causes of a scientific revolution? In The Origin of Scientific Revolutions, Rinat Nugayev proposes an ideal model that strives to reconcile cognitive and social facets of the advancement of science and to provide analytical tools...

This book proposes conclusions and hypotheses derived from applying the concept of entropy to an analysis of physical and virtual systems. It is not a treatment of entropy as a thermodynamic measure, but rather a conceptual exploration of entropys role...

Scientific concepts, laws, theories and models are representations but are uniquely different. This book explores each within an original, philosophical framework rooted in the Kantian tradition. Through a revisionist historical approach, it shows how...

L�������Existence De Dieu, Parties 1-2: D�����montr�����e Par Les Merveilles De La Nature (1773) de Bullet, Jean Baptiste est un livre qui explore la question de l'existence de Dieu ������ travers l'examen des merveilles de la nature. Dans la...

""Discours sur les rapports de la m�����decine, avec les sciences physiques et morales"" est un livre �����crit par Jean Louis Alibert en 1799. Dans ce livre, Alibert explore les relations entre la m�����decine et les sciences physiques et morales. Il...

Die Metaphysik als Wissenschaft (1898) ist ein Buch des deutschen Philosophen Matthias Kappes. In diesem Werk untersucht Kappes die Natur der Metaphysik als Disziplin und ihre Beziehung zu anderen Bereichen der Philosophie. Er argumentiert, dass...

Des Singularit�����s de la Nature est un essai philosophique �����crit par Voltaire en 1772. Dans cet ouvrage, l'auteur explore les ph�����nom�����nes naturels les plus �����tranges et les plus myst�����rieux, tels que les monstres, les prodiges, les...

De Naturae Philosophia, Seu De Platonis Et Aristotelis Consensione Libri 5 est opus Sebastiani Foxii Morzilli, quod anno MDLIV editum est. In hoc libro, auctor comparat et contrastat philosophias Platonis et Aristotelis, et demonstrat consensionem inter...

Compendium Theologiae Naturalis est opus a Friedrich Adolph Lampe, theologo Germanico, anno MDCCXXIV editum. In hoc libro, Lampe tractat de theologia naturali, quae est disciplina qua quaeritur cognitio Dei ex creaturis. Compendium Theologiae Naturalis...

Science and technology have made the modern world possible, but also created all the global problems that threaten our future: the climate crisis, the COVID-19 pandemic, mass extinction of species, environmental degradation, overpopulation, lethal modern...

In her lecture entitled 'Cosmopolitics: Learning to Think with Sciences, Peoples, Natures', Isabelle Stengers issues a challenge for us to rethink our relationality with the world: to move from an anthropocentric conception - one of her main critiques is...

Why do we find others weird? Why do we tend to discriminate other human beings, when all it takes for a person to be different is, actually, to be born? These questions may be valid, but how do they help with our daily problems such as; the refugees, the...

The superficial philosophy that believes that the electron lacks content and thus structure, and thus is punctual, has its roots that can be traced back hundred years, as the author sees it.Then founded the positivist philosophy we find in today's...

This book is a theoretical inquiry into alternative pedagogies that challenge current standardized practices in the field of science education. Through Mandy Hoffen, a fictional persona, Dana McCullough, the author, explores how stories of Henrietta...

This book is written for students and other interested readers as a look inside the diverse range of applications for physics outside of the scientific research environment. This first volume covers several different areas of the arts and design ranging...

Science is continually confronted by new and difficult social and ethical problems

Where Brain, Body and World Collide.- At the Potter's Wheel : An Argument for Material Agency.- Material Agency, Skills and History: Distributed Cognition and the Archaeology of Memory.- The Actor-Enacted: Cumbrian Sheep in 2001.- Non-Human Agencies:...

The Analogy of Logic, and Logic of Analogy: Or The Third Organ Proposed is a book written by George Field and published in 1850. The book explores the relationship between logic and analogy, arguing that the two are interconnected and should be studied...

The Scholastic Theory Of The Species Sensibilis is a book written by Othmar Frederick Knapke in 1915. The book delves into the scholastic theory of the species sensibilis, which is the idea that the senses perceive external objects by receiving species...

The book titled ""The Argument For The Intellectual Character Of The First Cause As Affected By Recent Investigations Of Physical Science"" was written by George Gilbert Scott Jr. in 1870. The book is a philosophical work that explores the relationship...

The trade aspects of risk and the risk aspects of trade deserve more systematic and genuine interdisciplinary attention if we are to really understand the global, international and supranational dimensions of risk regulation. This book brings together...

This edited volume of 13 new essays aims to turn past discussions of natural kinds on their head. Instead of presenting a metaphysical view of kinds based largely on an unempirical vantage point, it pursues questions of kindedness which take the use of...

Philosophia Naturalis Primae Lineae In Auditorum Gratiam Ductae est liber a Gottinga Publisher editus. Liber hunc philosophicum tractatum continet, qui de principiis philosophiae naturalis agit. Auctor in hoc opere explicat leges naturae, quae universum...

On Force, Its Mental And Moral Correlates: And On That Which Is Supposed To Underlie All Phenomena is a book written by Charles Bray and published in 1866. The book discusses the nature of force and its relationship with mental and moral aspects of human...

Admiranda Methodus Novae Philosophiae Renati Des Cartes est liber auctore Schoock, Marten, qui anno 1643 editus est. Liber hunc philosophicum est, in quo auctor methodum novam philosophiae Renati Des Cartes investigat et explicat. In hoc libro, Schoock...

Për shumë shekuj, perceptimet ekstra-shqisore të ngjashme me telepatinë, shenjat e së ardhmes dhe kthjelltësia u konsideruan fantazi, iluzione ose shpikje mashtruese.Qasja materialiste e përhapur në qarqet...

This Special Issue of Philosophies is devoted to dialogue between feminist care ethics and mainstream philosophical figures and concepts. As care ethics has evolved from its origins in the 1980s, it is clear that it does not always fit neatly within...

In recent decades the humanities have been in thrall to postmodern skepticism, while Darwinists, brimming with confidence in the genuine progress they have made in the sciences of biology and psychology, have set their sights on rescuing the humanities...

""On Freud's Psychoanalytic Method and Its Evolution"" is a comprehensive analysis of Sigmund Freud's psychoanalytic method and its development over time. Written by James Jackson Putnam in 1912, the book examines the key concepts of psychoanalysis, such...

Die Lehre von den Pertinenzen ist ein Buch, das im Jahr 1886 von Otto Brauns ver������ffentlicht wurde. Es handelt sich um eine Abhandlung �����ber die Pertinenztheorie, die sich mit der Frage besch�����ftigt, welche Rechte und Pflichten mit einem...

""Matter For Materialists: Letters In Vindication And Extension Of The Principles Regarding The Nature Of Existence Of Dr. Berkeley"" is a book written by Thomas Doubleday in 1870. The book is a collection of letters written in defense and expansion of...