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Perspectival Realism by Michela Massimi 9780197555620
Booksplease Price: £107.59What does it mean to be a realist about science if one takes seriously the view that scientific knowledge is always perspectival, namely historically and culturally situated? In Perspectival Realism,... -
Kant and the Laws of Nature by Michela Massimi
Booksplease Price: £35.47Laws of nature play a central role in Kant's theoretical philosophy and are crucial to understanding his philosophy of science in particular. In this volume of new essays, the first systematic... -
Philosophy and the Sciences for Everyone by Michela Massimi
RRP: £24.99Booksplease Price: £24.38What is the origin of our universe? What are dark matter and dark energy? What is our role in the universe as human beings capable of knowledge? What makes us intelligent cognitive agents seemingly... -
Kant and the Laws of Nature by Michela Massimi 9781107120983
Booksplease Price: £64.30Laws of nature play a central role in Kant's theoretical philosophy and are crucial to understanding his philosophy of science in particular. In this volume of new essays, the first systematic... -
Kant and Philosophy of Science Today by Michela Massimi 9780521748513
Booksplease Price: £37.44What good is Kant's philosophy for current philosophy of science? There has been an increasing interest in Kant and philosophy of science in the past twenty years. Through the reconstruction of a... -
Understanding Perspectivism: Scientific Challenges and Methodological Prospects by Michela Massimi
RRP: £45.99Booksplease Price: £43.08This edited collection is the first of its kind to explore the view called perspectivism in philosophy of science. The book brings together an array of essays that reflect on the methodological... -
Knowledge From a Human Point of View by Michela Massimi 9781013273582
RRP: £39.95Booksplease Price: £34.95Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781013273582Author Michela MassimiFormat PaperbackPage Count 164Imprint -
Knowledge From a Human Point of View by Michela Massimi 9781013273599
RRP: £44.95Booksplease Price: £40.72Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781013273599Author Michela MassimiFormat HardbackPage Count 164Imprint -
Pauli's Exclusion Principle: The Origin and Validation of a Scientific Principle by Michela Massimi 9781107410732
Booksplease Price: £50.23There is hardly another principle in physics with wider scope of applicability and more far-reaching consequences than Pauli's exclusion principle. This book explores the principle's origin in the... -
Ways of World Knowing: Local Knowledge, Coastal Communities, and Equitable Ocean Governance Michela Massimi 9780197815335
RRP: £68.00Booksplease Price: £62.65After decades of long and thorny negotiations at the United Nations, the High Seas Treaty was finalised in 2023, to protect marine biodiversity in areas beyond national jurisdiction. This treaty is... -
The Routledge Handbook of Scientific Realism by Juha Saatsi 9780367572556
RRP: £51.99Booksplease Price: £49.34Scientific realism is a central, long-standing, and hotly debated topic in philosophy of science. Debates about scientific realism concern the very nature and extent of scientific knowledge and... -
Conceptions of Philosophy by Anthony O'Hear 9780521138574
RRP: £33.00Booksplease Price: £32.42Is philosophy capable of establishing truths scientifically? If not, what can it do? What is its standing and what are its credentials? Is philosophy an essential element in humane study? Can... -
Identity in Physics: A Historical, Philosophical, and Formal Analysis by Steven French 9780199278244
Booksplease Price: £88.66Can quantum particles be regarded as individuals, just like books, tables and people? According to the 'received' view - articulated by several physicists in the immediate aftermath of the quantum... -
Knowledge from a Human Point of View by Ana-Maria Crețu 9783030270438
Booksplease Price: £46.91This open access book - as the title suggests - explores some of the historical roots and epistemological ramifications of perspectivism. Perspectivism has recently emerged in philosophy of science... -
Philosophy for Everyone by Matthew Chrisman
RRP: £24.99Booksplease Price: £24.38Philosophy for Everyone begins by explaining what philosophy is before exploring the questions and issues at the foundation of this important subject.Key topics in this new edition and their areas of... -
Philosophy for Everyone by Matthew Chrisman 9781138672932
RRP: £125.00Booksplease Price: £119.80Philosophy for Everyone begins by explaining what philosophy is before exploring the questions and issues at the foundation of this important subject.Key topics in this new edition and their areas of... -
Philosophy of Science: The Key Thinkers by Professor James Robert Brown
Booksplease Price: £30.59From the 19th century the philosophy of science has been shaped by a group of influential figures. Who were they? Why do they matter? This introduction brings to life the most influential thinkers in... -
Philosophy of Science: The Key Thinkers by Professor James Robert Brown 9781350108271
Booksplease Price: £80.73From the 19th century the philosophy of science has been shaped by a group of influential figures. Who were they? Why do they matter? This introduction brings to life the most influential thinkers in... -
Scientific Representation: Paradoxes of Perspective by Bas C. van Fraassen 9780199278237
Booksplease Price: £41.45Bas C. van Fraassen presents an original exploration of how we represent the world. Science represents natural phenomena by means of theories, as well as in many concrete ways by such means as... -
Scientific Representation: Paradoxes of Perspective by Bas C. van Fraassen 9780199278220
Booksplease Price: £89.95Bas C. van Fraassen presents an original exploration of how we represent the world. Science represents natural phenomena by means of theories, as well as in many concrete ways by such means as... -
Newton's Metaphysics: Essays by Eric Schliesser 9780197567692
RRP: £91.00Booksplease Price: £87.92In this collection of new and previously published essays, noted philosopher Eric Schliesser offers new interpretations of the signifance of Isaac Newton's metaphysics on his physics and the... -
The Normativity of Nature: Essays on Kant's Critique of Judgement by Hannah Ginsborg 9780199547982
Booksplease Price: £50.93Most philosophers have taken the importance of Kant's Critique of Judgement to lie primarily in its contributions to aesthetics and to the philosophy of biology. Hannah Ginsborg, however, sees the... -
Quantum Reality: The Quest for the Real Meaning of Quantum Mechanics - a Game of Theories by Jim Baggott
RRP: £23.99Booksplease Price: £20.31Quantum mechanics is an extraordinarily successful scientific theory. It is also completely mad. Although the theory quite obviously works, it leaves us chasing ghosts and phantoms; particles that...