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Science and Social Science
An Introduction
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2012
Is social science really a science at all, and if so in what sense? This is the first question that any course on the philosophy of the social sciences must tackle. In this brief introduction, Malcolm Williams gives students the grounding that will enable them to discuss the issues involved with confidence....
John G. Gunnell
History, Discourses and Disciplines
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2016
John Gunnell has compelled political theorists to rethink their relation to political science, the history of political thought, the philosophy of social science and political reality. His thinking has been shaped by encounters with Heidegger and Plato, Wittgenstein and Austin, the Berkeley School...
The Philosophy of Science
A Companion
Language: English
Release Date: June 28, 2018
Philosophy of science studies the methods, theories, and concepts used by scientists. It mainly developed as a field in its own right during the twentieth century and is now a diversified and lively research area. This book surveys the current state of the discipline by focusing on central themes...
WHY SCIENCE IS WRONG...
About Almost Everything
Language: English
Release Date: December 4, 2014
A ROLLICKING ASSAULT ON SCIENCE'S INABILITY TO ANSWER LIFE'S MOST IMPORTANT QUESTIONS Alex Tsakiris has interviewed many bestselling authors and dozens of world-class academics on his popular science podcast Skeptiko.com. In this book he shares with us what he's learned through his 200 plus...
From Stars to States
A Manifest for Science in Society
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2017
The aim of this essay is to understand the relationship between knowledge and society and to reflect on the links between science and political decision making. The text evolved from a number of reflections the author made while president of the European Astronomical Society, president of the Swiss...
Faithful to Science
The Role of Science in Religion
Language: English
Release Date: July 24, 2014
Science and religious faith are two of the most important and influential forces in human life, yet there is widespread confusion about how, or indeed whether, they link together. This book describes this combination from the perspective of one who finds that they link together productively and creatively....
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Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2013
The articles in this collection were all selected from the first five volumes of the Journal of Dialectics of Nature published by the Chinese Academy of Sciences between 1979 and 1985. The Journal was established in 1979 as a comprehensive theoretical publication concerning the history, philosophy...
Beyond Mimesis and Convention
Representation in Art and Science
Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 2010
Representation is a concern crucial to the sciences and the arts alike. Scientists devote substantial time to devising and exploring representations of all kinds. From photographs and computer-generated images to diagrams, charts, and graphs; from scale models to abstract theories, representations...
Selling Science in the Age of Newton
Advertising and the Commoditization of Knowledge
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2016
Selling Science in the Age of Newton explores an often ignored avenue in the popularization of science. It is an investigation of how advertisements in London newspapers (from approximately 1687 to 1727) enticed consumers to purchase products relating to science: books, lecture series, and instruments....
Science on American Television
A History
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2013
As television emerged as a major cultural and economic force, many imagined that the medium would enhance civic education for topics like science. And, indeed, television soon offered a breathtaking banquet of scientific images and ideas—both factual and fictional. Mr. Wizard performed experiments...
Religion, Science, and Democracy
A Disputational Friendship
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2013
Despite the increasing popularity of “religion and science” as an academic discourse, the intersection of science and religion remains a front line in an ongoing “culture war.” The reasons for this lie in an approach to discourse that closely resembles the model of discourse promoted by John...
Managing Science
Methodology and Organization of Research
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2010
What is science? How is it performed? Is science only a method or is it also an institution? These are questions at the core of Managing Science, a handbook on how scientific research is conducted and its results disseminated. Knowledge creation occurs through scientific research in universities,...
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Language: English
Release Date: March 16, 2001
Language: English
Release Date: March 16, 2001
The Coming of Materials Science both covers the discipline of materials science, and draws an impressionistic map of the present state of the subject.The first chapter examines the emergence of the materials science concept, in both academe and industry. The second and third chapters delve back into...
Using Medicine in Science Fiction
The SF Writer’s Guide to Human Biology
Language: English
Release Date: September 14, 2015
This book offers a clearly written, entertaining and comprehensive source of medical information for both writers and readers of science fiction.
Science fiction in print, in movies and on television all too often presents dubious or simply incorrect depictions of human biology and medical...