Philosophical Issues in Science
Mathematics and the Image of Reason
1st Edition
By Mary Tiles
April 07, 2015
A thorough account of the philosophy of mathematics. In a cogent account the author argues against the view that mathematics is solely logic....
Time, Space and Philosophy
1st Edition
By Christopher Ray
April 24, 2014
This book provides a comprehensive, up-to-date and accessible introduction to the philosophy of space and time. Ray considers in detail the central questions of space and time which arizse from the ideas of Zeno, Newton, Mach, Leibniz and Einstein. Time, Space and Philosophy extends the debate in ...
Metaphysics of Consciousness
1st Edition
By William Seager
April 14, 2014
Metaphysics of Consciousness opens with a development of the physicalist outlook that denies the need for any explanation of the mental. This "inexplicability" is demonstrated not to be sufficient as refutation of physicalism. However, the inescapable particularity of modes of consciousness ...
The Philosophical Defence of Psychiatry
1st Edition
By Lawrie Reznek
November 04, 2011
By first analysing the arguments of psychiatry's critics and the philosophical ideas of such thinkers as Freud, Eysenck, Laing, Szasz, Sedgwick and Foucault and by then providing answers to the many contentious and diverse questions raised, Dr. Reznek aims to establish a philosophical defence of ...
Psychological Knowledge: A Social History and Philosophy
1st Edition
By Martin Kusch
March 30, 2006
Psychologists and philosophers have assumed that psychological knowledge is knowledge about, and held by, the individual mind. Psychological Knowledge challenges these views. It argues that bodies of psychological knowledge are social institutions like money or the monarchy, and that mental states ...
Is Science Value Free?: Values and Scientific Understanding
1st Edition
By Hugh Lacey
May 20, 2004
Exploring the role of values in scientific inquiry, Hugh Lacey examines the nature and meaning of values, and looks at challenges to the view, posed by postmodernists, feminists, radical ecologists, Third-World advocates and religious fundamentalists, that science is value free. He also focuses on ...
Philosophical Theories of Probability
1st Edition
By Donald Gillies
August 24, 2000
The Twentieth Century has seen a dramatic rise in the use of probability and statistics in almost all fields of research. This has stimulated many new philosophical ideas on probability. Philosophical Theories of Probability is the first book to present a clear, comprehensive and systematic account...
Social Constructivism and the Philosophy of Science
1st Edition
By André Kukla
May 25, 2000
Social constructionists maintain that we invent the properties of the world rather than discover them. Is reality constructed by our own activity? Do we collectively invent the world rather than discover it?André Kukla presents a comprehensive discussion of the philosophical issues that ...
Scientific Realism: How Science Tracks Truth
1st Edition
By Stathis Psillos
October 21, 1999
Scientific realism is the optimistic view that modern science is on the right track: that the world really is the way our best scientific theories describe it . In his book, Stathis Psillos gives us a detailed and comprehensive study which restores the intuitive plausibility of scientific realism. ...
Philosophy of Mathematics: An Introduction to a World of Proofs and Pictures
1st Edition
By James Robert Brown
July 29, 1999
Philosophy of Mathematics is an excellent introductory text. This student friendly book discusses the great philosophers and the importance of mathematics to their thought. It includes the following topics:* the mathematical image* platonism* picture-proofs* applied mathematics* Hilbert and Godel...
The Ethics of Science: An Introduction
1st Edition
By David B. Resnik
March 26, 1998
Ethics of Science is a comprehensive and student-friendly introduction to the study of ethics in science and scientific research. The book covers: * Science and Ethics * Ethical Theory and Applications * Science as a Profession * Standards of Ethical Conduct in Science * Objectivity in Research * ...
Evil or Ill?: Justifying the Insanity Defence
1st Edition
By Lawrie Reznek
October 02, 1997
Lawrie Reznek addresses these questions and more in his controversial investigation of the insanity defense in Evil or Ill? Drawing from countless intriguing case examples, he aims to understand the concept of an excuse, and explains why the law excuses certain actions and not others. In his easily...