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Télécharger le livre :  The Constitution of Science
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The Constitution of Science


C. Mantzavinos


How can science be protected, by whom and at what level? If science is valued positively as the incubator of the most successful solutions to representational problems of reality as well as the basis of the most effective interventions in the natural and social world,...

Parution : 2024-12-12
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Télécharger le livre :  Diagnosing Social Pathology
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Diagnosing Social Pathology


Frederick Neuhouser


Can a human society suffer from illness like a living thing? And if so, how does such a malaise manifest itself? In this thought-provoking book, Fred Neuhouser explains and defends the idea of social pathology, demonstrating what it means to describe societies as 'ill',...

Parution : 2022-10-27
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Télécharger le livre :  Philosophy of Science for Biologists
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Philosophy of Science for Biologists


Kostas Kampourakis , Tobias Uller


Biologists rely on theories, apply models and construct explanations, but rarely reflect on their nature and structure. This book introduces key topics in philosophy of science to provide the required philosophical background for this kind of reflection, which is an...

Parution : 2020-09-24
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Télécharger le livre :  Pascal's Wager
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Pascal's Wager


Paul Bartha , Lawrence Pasternack


In his famous Wager, Blaise Pascal (1623–62) offers the reader an argument that it is rational to strive to believe in God. Philosophical debates about this classic argument have continued until our own times. This volume provides a comprehensive examination of Pascal's...

Parution : 2018-10-18
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Télécharger le livre :  Philosophy and Climate Science
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Philosophy and Climate Science


Eric Winsberg


There continues to be a vigorous public debate in our society about the status of climate science. Much of the skepticism voiced in this debate suffers from a lack of understanding of how the science works - in particular the complex interdisciplinary scientific...

Parution : 2018-04-12
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Télécharger le livre :  The Cambridge Handbook of Evolutionary Ethics
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The Cambridge Handbook of Evolutionary Ethics


Robert J. Richards , Michael Ruse


Evolutionary ethics - the application of evolutionary ideas to moral thinking and justification - began in the nineteenth century with the work of Charles Darwin and Herbert Spencer, but was subsequently criticized as an example of the naturalistic fallacy. In recent...

Parution : 2017-08-11
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Télécharger le livre :  An Introduction to Decision Theory
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An Introduction to Decision Theory


Martin Peterson


Now revised and updated, this introduction to decision theory is both accessible and comprehensive, covering topics including decision making under ignorance and risk, the foundations of utility theory, the debate over subjective and objective probability, Bayesianism,...

Parution : 2017-03-30
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Télécharger le livre :  The Prisoner's Dilemma
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The Prisoner's Dilemma


Martin Peterson


The Prisoner's Dilemma is one of the most fiercely debated thought experiments in philosophy and the social sciences, presenting the simple insight that when two or more agents interact, the actions that most benefit each individual may not benefit the group.The fact...

Parution : 2015-07-02
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