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  • What Is a Complex System?

    by James Ladyman, Karoline Wiesner ...
    A clear, concise introduction to the quickly growing field of complexity science that explains its conceptual and mathematical foundationsWhat is a complex system? Although “complexity science” is used to understand phenomena as diverse as the behavior of honeybees, the economic markets, the human brain, and the climate, there is no agreement about its foundations. In this introduction for ... Read more

    $39.99 CAD

  • Understanding Philosophy of Science

    by James Ladyman ...
    Few can imagine a world without telephones or televisions; many depend on computers and the Internet as part of daily life. Without scientific theory, these developments would not have been possible. In this exceptionally clear and engaging introduction to philosophy of science, James Ladyman explores the philosophical questions that arise when we reflect on the nature of the scientific method and ... Read more

    $107.99 CAD

  • Materialism

    A Historical and Philosophical Inquiry

    by James Ladyman, Robin Brown ...
    The doctrine of materialism is one of the most controversial in the history of ideas. For much of its history it has been aligned with toleration and enlightened thinking, but it has also aroused strong, often violent, passions amongst both its opponents and proponents. This book explores the development of materialism in an engaging and thought-provoking way and defends the form it takes in the ... Read more

    $42.99 CAD

  • The Philosophy of Biophysics

    Edited by Margarida Hermida, James Ladyman ...
    Series series Vienna Series in Theoretical Biology
    A pioneering volume on the philosophy of interdisciplinary fields of biophysics, biochemistry, astrobiology, and origins of life research.The Philosophy of Biophysics brings together contributions from leading philosophers of biology across the globe to address the conceptual, foundational, and philosophical issues raised by biophysics. The contributions shed light on how physics and biology are ... Read more

    $111.99 CAD

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  • Arguing About Science

    Edited by Alexander Bird, James Ladyman ...
    Series series Arguing About Philosophy
    Arguing About Science is an outstanding, engaging introduction to the essential topics in philosophy of science, edited by two leading experts in the field. This exciting and innovative anthology contains a selection of classic and contemporary readings that examine a broad range of issues, from classic problems such as scientific reasoning; causation; and scientific realism, to more recent topics ... Read more

    $119.99 CAD

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  • Mind and Cosmos:Why the Materialist Neo-Darwinian Conception of Nature Is Almost Certainly False

    Why the Materialist Neo-Darwinian Conception of Nature Is Almost Certainly False

    by Thomas Nagel ...
    The modern materialist approach to life has conspicuously failed to explain such central mind-related features of our world as consciousness, intentionality, meaning, and value. This failure to account for something so integral to nature as mind, argues philosopher Thomas Nagel, is a major problem, threatening to unravel the entire naturalistic world picture, extending to biology, evolutionary ... Read more

    $36.99 CAD

  • Philosophy of Science

    A Contemporary Introduction

    by Alex Rosenberg ...
    Series series Routledge Contemporary Introductions to Philosophy
    Any serious student attempting to better understand the nature, methods and justification of science will value Alex Rosenberg’s updated and substantially revised Third Edition of Philosophy of Science: A Contemporary Introduction. Weaving together lucid explanations and clear analyses, the volume is a much-used, thematically oriented introduction to the field.New features of the Third Edition ... Read more

    $98.99 CAD

  • The Nature of Nature

    Examining the Role of Naturalism in Science

    by Bruce Gordon, William Dembski ...
    The intellectual and cultural battles now raging over theism and atheism, conservatism and secular progressivism, dualism and monism, realism and antirealism, and transcendent reality versus material reality extend even into the scientific disciplines. This stunning new volume captures this titanic clash of worldviews among those who have thought most deeply about the nature of science and of the ... Read more

    $18.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Philosophy of Science

    The Systems, Validity, and Ethics of Scientific Inquiry

    by Marie Wahl ...
    Series series Scientific Inquiry: Concepts, Methods, and Theories
    The scientific discoveries of ancient philosophers such as Aristotle were considered to be in the realm of "natural philosophy." Today philosophy and science are considered separate disciplines, yet each illuminates and complements the other. Modern philosophers are apt to pose important questions about the logic behind and validity of scientific practices. This comprehensive volume explains how ... Read more

    $39.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Naturalism

    A Critical Analysis

    Edited by William Lane Craig, J.P. Moreland ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Twentieth-Century Philosophy
    Naturalism provides a rigorous analysis and critique of the major varieties of contemporary philosophical naturalism. The authors advocate the thesis that contemporary naturalism should be abandoned, in light of the serious objections raised against it. Contributors draw on a wide range of topics including: epistemology, the philosophy of science, the philosophy of mind and agency, and natural ... Read more

    $117.99 CAD

  • Organisms, Agency, and Evolution

    by D. M. Walsh ...
    The central insight of Darwin's Origin of Species is that evolution is an ecological phenomenon, arising from the activities of organisms in the 'struggle for life'. By contrast, the Modern Synthesis theory of evolution, which rose to prominence in the twentieth century, presents evolution as a fundamentally molecular phenomenon, occurring in populations of sub-organismal entities - genes. After ... Read more

    $43.99 CAD

  • The Routledge Handbook of Mechanisms and Mechanical Philosophy

    Edited by Stuart Glennan, Phyllis Illari ...
    Series series Routledge Handbooks in Philosophy
    Scientists studying the burning of stars, the evolution of species, DNA, the brain, the economy, and social change, all frequently describe their work as searching for mechanisms. Despite this fact, for much of the twentieth century philosophical discussions of the nature of mechanisms remained outside philosophy of science.The Routledge Handbook of Mechanisms and Mechanical Philosophy is an ... Read more

    $91.99 CAD