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  • The Metaphysics of Color

    par Michael Watkins, Elay Shech ...
    Collections series Elements in Metaphysics
    This Element offers an opinionated and selective introduction to philosophical issues concerning the metaphysics of color. The opinion defended is that colors are objective features of our world; objects are colored, and they have those colors independent of how they are experienced. It is a minority opinion. Many philosophers thinking about color experience argue that perceptual variation, the ... En savoir plus

    $23.99 CAD

  • Idealizations in Physics

    par Elay Shech ...
    Collections series Elements in the Philosophy of Physics
    This Element offers an opinionated and selective introduction to philosophical issues concerning idealizations in physics, including the concept of and reasons for introducing idealization, abstraction, and approximation, possible taxonomy and justification, and application to issues of mathematical Platonism, scientific realism, and scientific understanding. ... En savoir plus

    $23.99 CAD

  • Scientific Understanding and Representation

    Modeling in the Physical Sciences

    Modifié par Insa Lawler, Kareem Khalifa, Elay Shech ...
    Collections series Routledge Studies in the Philosophy of Mathematics and Physics
    This volume assembles cutting-edge scholarship on scientific understanding, scientific representation, and their delicate interplay. Featuring several articles in an engaging ‘critical conversation’ format, the volume integrates discussions about understanding and representation with perennial issues in the philosophy of science, including the nature of scientific knowledge, idealizations, ... En savoir plus

    $83.99 CAD

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    Interest in emergence amongst philosophers and scientists has grown in recent years, yet the concept continues to be viewed with skepticism by many. In this book, Paul Humphreys argues that many of the problems arise from a long philosophical tradition that is overly committed to synchronic reduction and has been overly focused on problems in philosophy of mind. He develops a novel account of ... En savoir plus

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  • Theories of Consciousness

    An Introduction and Assessment

    par William Seager ...
    Despite recent strides in neuroscience and psychology that have deepened understanding of the brain, consciousness remains one of the greatest philosophical and scientific puzzles. The second edition of Theories of Consciousness: An Introduction and Assessment provides a fresh and up-to-date introduction to a variety of approaches to consciousness, and contributes to the current lively debate ... En savoir plus

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  • Neo-Aristotelian Perspectives on Contemporary Science

    Modifié par William M.R. Simpson, Robert C. Koons, Nicholas J. Teh ...
    Collections series Routledge Studies in the Philosophy of Science
    The last two decades have seen two significant trends emerging within the philosophy of science: the rapid development and focus on the philosophy of the specialised sciences, and a resurgence of Aristotelian metaphysics, much of which is concerned with the possibility of emergence, as well as the ontological status and indispensability of dispositions and powers in science. Despite these recent ... En savoir plus

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  • How to Do Science with Models

    A Philosophical Primer

    par Axel Gelfert ...
    Collections series Philosophy and Religion (R0)
    Taking scientific practice as its starting point, this book charts the complex territory of models used in science. It examines what scientific models are and what their function is. Reliance on models is pervasive in science, and scientists often need to construct models in order to explain or predict anything of interest at all. The diversity of kinds of models one finds in science – ranging ... En savoir plus

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  • Fictions in Science

    Philosophical Essays on Modeling and Idealization

    Modifié par Mauricio Suárez ...
    Collections series Routledge Studies in the Philosophy of Science
    Science is popularly understood as being an ideal of impartial algorithmic objectivity that provides us with a realistic description of the world down to the last detail. The essays collected in this book—written by some of the leading experts in the field—challenge this popular image right at its heart, taking as their starting point that science trades not only in truth, but in fiction, too.With ... En savoir plus

    $97.99 CAD

  • Why Only Us

    Language and Evolution

    par Robert C. Berwick, Noam Chomsky ...
    Noam Chomsky and Robert Berwick draw on recent developments in linguistic theory to offer an evolutionary account of language and our remarkable, species-specific ability to acquire it.“A loosely connected collection of four essays that will fascinate anyone interested in the extraordinary phenomenon of language.”—New York Review of BooksWe are born crying, but those cries signal the first ... En savoir plus

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  • Mathematical Tables: Fourier Transforms (Mobi Study Guides)

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    Students and research workers in mathematics, physics, engineering and other sciences will find this compilation invaluable. All the information included is practical, rarely used results are excluded. Great care has been taken to present all results concisely and clearly. Excellent to keep as a handy reference! If you don't have a lot of time but want to excel in class, this book helps you: Brush ... En savoir plus

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  • Causation

    A Very Short Introduction

    par Stephen Mumford, Rani Lill Anjum ...
    Collections series Very Short Introductions
    Causation is the most fundamental connection in the universe. Without it, there would be no science or technology. There would be no moral responsibility either, as none of our thoughts would be connected with our actions and none of our actions with any consequences. Nor would we have a system of law because blame resides only in someone having caused injury or damage. Any intervention we make in ... En savoir plus

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  • The Singular Universe and the Reality of Time

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    par Roberto Mangabeira Unger, Lee Smolin ...
    Cosmology is in crisis. The more we discover, the more puzzling the universe appears to be. How and why are the laws of nature what they are? A philosopher and a physicist, world-renowned for their radical ideas in their fields, argue for a revolution. To keep cosmology scientific, we must replace the old view in which the universe is governed by immutable laws by a new one in which laws evolve. ... En savoir plus

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