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Télécharger le livre :  Out of Nowhere
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Out of Nowhere


Nick Huggett , Christian Wüthrich


The two fundamental pillars of physics for over 100 years have been quantum theory and general relativity, but their unification at short distances remains elusive, both technically and conceptually. This work is a philosophical investigation of the second kind of...

Parution : 2025-06-17
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Éditeur : Clarendon Press
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Télécharger le livre :  Causation, Physics, and the Constitution of Reality
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Causation, Physics, and the Constitution of Reality


Richard Corry , Huw Price


In philosophy as in ordinary life, cause and effect are twin pillars on which much of our thought seems based. But almost a century ago, Bertrand Russell declared that modern physics leaves these pillars without foundations. Russell's revolutionary conclusion was that...

Parution : 2007-02-22
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Éditeur : Clarendon Press
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Télécharger le livre :  Evolution and the Levels of Selection
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Evolution and the Levels of Selection


Samir Okasha


Does natural selection act primarily on individual organisms, on groups, on genes, or on whole species? Samir Okasha provides a comprehensive analysis of the debate in evolutionary biology over the levels of selection, focusing on conceptual, philosophical and...

Parution : 2006-11-16
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Éditeur : Clarendon Press
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Télécharger le livre :  The Structural Foundations of Quantum Gravity
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The Structural Foundations of Quantum Gravity


Steven French , Dean Rickles , Juha T. Saatsi


Quantum gravity is the name given to a theory that unites general relativity - Einstein's theory of gravitation and spacetime - with quantum field theory, our framework for describing non-gravitational forces. The Structural Foundations ofQuantum Gravity brings together...

Parution : 2006-11-16
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Éditeur : Clarendon Press
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Télécharger le livre :  Human Nature and the Limits of Science
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Human Nature and the Limits of Science


John Dupré


John Dupré warns that our understanding of human nature is being distorted by two faulty and harmful forms of pseudo-scientific thinking. Not just in the academic world but increasingly in everyday life, we find one set of experts seeking to explain the ends at which...

Parution : 2001-11-08
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Éditeur : Clarendon Press
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Télécharger le livre :  Beyond Evolution
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Beyond Evolution


Anthony O'hear


Anthony O'Hear takes a stand against the fashion for explaining human behaviour in terms of evolution. He maintains, controversially, that while the theory of evolution is successful in explaining the development of the natural world in general, it is of limited value...

Parution : 1997-10-09
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Éditeur : Clarendon Press
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Télécharger le livre :  Laws and Symmetry
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Laws and Symmetry


Bas C. Van Fraassen


Metaphysicians speak of laws of nature in terms of necessity and universality; scientists do so in terms of symmetry and invariance. This book argues that no metaphysical account of laws can succeed. The author analyses and rejects the arguments that there are laws of...

Parution : 1989-11-02
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Éditeur : Clarendon Press
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Télécharger le livre :  Nature's Capacities and Their Measurement
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Nature's Capacities and Their Measurement


Nancy Cartwright


This book argues for the place of capacities within an grounds of meaning, not method. Yet it is questions of method that should concern the modern empiricist: can capacities be measured? Cartwright argues that they are measured if anything is. Stanford University's...

Parution : 1989-08-10
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Éditeur : Clarendon Press
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Télécharger le livre :  The Scientific Image
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The Scientific Image


Bas. C. Van Fraassen


In this book van Fraassen develops an alternative to scientific realism by constructing and evaluating three mutually reinforcing theories.

Parution : 1980-12-11
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Éditeur : Clarendon Press
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