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  • Philosophy of Science

    Volume 1, From Problem to Theory

    by Mario Bunge ...
    Originally published as Scientific Research, this pair of volumes constitutes a fundamental treatise on the strategy of science. Mario Bunge, one of the major figures of the century in the development of a scientific epistemology, describes and analyzes scientific philosophy, as well as discloses its philosophical presuppositions. This work may be used as a map to identify the various stages in ... Read more

    $96.18 CAD

  • Philosophy of Science

    Volume 2, From Explanation to Justification

    by Mario Bunge ...
    Originally published as Scientific Research, this pair of volumes constitutes a fundamental treatise on the strategy of science. Mario Bunge, one of the major figures of the century in the development of a scientific epistemology, describes and analyzes scientific philosophy, as well as discloses its philosophical presuppositions. This work may be used as a map to identify the various stages in ... Read more

    $97.55 CAD

  • Evaluating Philosophies

    by Mario Bunge ...
    Series series Philosophy and Religion (R0)
    The first part deals with philosophies that have had a significant input, positive or negative, on the search for truth; it suggests that scientific and technological are either stimulated or smothered by a philosophical matrix; and it outlines two ontological doctrines believed to have nurtured research in modern times: systemism (not to be mistaken for holism) and materialism (as an extension of ... Read more

    $140.89 CAD

  • Causality and Modern Science

    Third Revised Edition

    by Mario Bunge ...
    "I regard it as a truly seminal work in this field." — Professor William A. Wallace, author of Causality and Scientific ExplanationThis third edition of a distinguished book on the subject of causality is clear evidence that this principle continues to be an important area of philosophic enquiry.Non-technical and clearly written, this book focuses on the ontological problem of causality, with ... Read more

    $21.99 CAD

  • Foundations of Physics

    by Mario Bunge ...
    Series series Mathematics and Statistics (R0)
    This is not an introduction to physics but an analysis of its founda tions. Indeed, the aims of this book are: (1) to analyze the form and content of some of the key ideas of physics; (2) to formulate several basic physical theories in an explicit and orderly (i. e. , axiomatic) fashion; (3) to exhibit their presuppositions and discuss some of their philosoph ical implications; (4) to discuss some ... Read more

    $64.09 CAD

  • Emergence and Convergence

    Qualitative Novelty and the Unity of Knowledge

    by Mario Bunge ...
    Series series Toronto Studies in Philosophy
    Two problems continually arise in the sciences and humanities, according to Mario Bunge: parts and wholes and the origin of novelty. In Emergence and Convergence, he works to address these problems, as well as that of systems and their emergent properties, as exemplified by the synthesis of molecules, the creation of ideas, and social inventions.Along the way, Bunge examines further topical ... Read more

    $42.39 CAD

  • Philosophy of Psychology

    by Mario Bunge, Ruben Ardila ...
    Series series Behavioral Science and Psychology (R0)
    This book is about some topical philosophical and methodological prob lems that arise in the study of behavior and mind, as well as in the treatment of behavioral and mental disorders. It deals with such questions as 'What is behavior a manifestation of?', 'What is mind, and how is it related to matter?', 'Which are the positive legacies, if any, of the major psychological schools?', 'How can ... Read more

    $128.09 CAD

  • Between Two Worlds

    Memoirs of a Philosopher-Scientist

    by Mario Bunge ...
    Series series Philosophy and Religion (R0)
    To go through the pages of the Autobiography of Mario Bunge is to accompany him through dozens of countries and examine the intellectual, political, philosophical and scientific spheres of the last hundred years. It is an experience that oscillates between two different worlds: the different and the similar, the professional and the personal.It is an established fact that one of his great loves ... Read more

    $140.89 CAD

  • Political Philosophy

    Fact, Fiction, and Vision

    by Mario Bunge ...
    Political philosophy is not a well-defined field. It hovers between political theory and classical philosophy. Few early political thinkers could have anticipated the most pressing political issues of our time: the need to stop global warming; the reduction of nuclear armaments; the rise of inequality between individuals and nations; and the struggle against authoritarianism, particularly when it ... Read more

    $100.30 CAD

  • Matter and Mind

    A Philosophical Inquiry

    by Mario Bunge ...
    Series series Philosophy and Religion (R0)
    This book discusses two of the oldest and hardest problems in both science and philosophy: What is matter?, and What is mind? A reason for tackling both problems in a single book is that two of the most influential views in modern philosophy are that the universe is mental (idealism), and that the everything real is material (materialism). Most of the thinkers who espouse a materialist view of ... Read more

    $217.79 CAD

  • The Sociology-philosophy Connection

    by Mario Bunge ...
    Most social scientists and philosophers claim that sociology and philosophy are disjoint fields of inquiry. Some have wondered how to trace the precise boundary between them. Mario Bunge argues that the two fields are so entangled with one another that no demarcation is possible or, indeed, desirable. In fact, sociological research has demonstrably philosophical pre-suppositions. In turn, some ... Read more

    Was $97.55 CAD Now $86.56 CAD

  • Critical Approaches to Science and Philosophy

    Edited by Mario Bunge ...
    This collection of essays, written on four continents by scientists, philosophers and humanists, was initially presented to Karl R. Popper on his sixtieth birthday as a token of critical admiration and in recognition of his work. But the volume also stands on its own as a remarkable series of statements utilizing Popper's critical vision in the study of philosophy proper, logic, mathematics, ... Read more

    $100.30 CAD