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1. The Philosophical Defence of Psychiatry

   By Lawrie Reznek

   Series: Philosophical Issues in Science

   By first analysing the arguments of psychiatry's critics and the philosophical ideas of such thinkers as Freud, Eysenck, Laing, Szasz, Sedgwick and Foucault and by then providing answers to the many contentious and diverse questions raised, Dr. Reznek aims to establish a philosophical defence of...

   Published November 3rd 2011 by Routledge
2. Psychological Knowledge

   A Social History and Philosophy

   By Martin Kusch

   Series: Philosophical Issues in Science

   Psychologists and philosophers have assumed that psychological knowledge is knowledge about, and held by, the individual mind. Psychological Knowledge challenges these views. It argues that bodies of psychological knowledge are social institutions like money or the monarchy, and that mental states...

   Published March 29th 2006 by Routledge
3. Is Science Value Free?

   Values and Scientific Understanding

   By Hugh Lacey

   Series: Philosophical Issues in Science

   Exploring the role of values in scientific inquiry, Hugh Lacey examines the nature and meaning of values, and looks at challenges to the view, posed by postmodernists, feminists, radical ecologists, Third-World advocates and religious fundamentalists, that science is value free. He also focuses on...

   Published May 19th 2004 by Routledge
4. Philosophical Theories of Probability

   By Donald Gillies

   Series: Philosophical Issues in Science

   The Twentieth Century has seen a dramatic rise in the use of probability and statistics in almost all fields of research. This has stimulated many new philosophical ideas on probability. Philosophical Theories of Probability is the first book to present a clear, comprehensive and systematic account...

   Published August 23rd 2000 by Routledge
5. Social Constructivism and the Philosophy of Science

   By André Kukla

   Series: Philosophical Issues in Science

   Social constructionists maintain that we invent the properties of the world rather than discover them. Is reality constructed by our own activity? Do we collectively invent the world rather than discover it?André Kukla presents a comprehensive discussion of the philosophical issues that...

   Published May 24th 2000 by Routledge
6. Scientific Realism

   How Science Tracks Truth

   By Stathis Psillos

   Series: Philosophical Issues in Science

   Scientific realism is the optimistic view that modern science is on the right track: that the world really is the way our best scientific theories describe it . In his book, Stathis Psillos gives us a detailed and comprehensive study which restores the intuitive plausibility of scientific realism....

   Published October 20th 1999 by Routledge
7. Philosophy of Mathematics

   An Introduction to a World of Proofs and Pictures

   By James Robert Brown

   Series: Philosophical Issues in Science

   Philosophy of Mathematics is an excellent introductory text. This student friendly book discusses the great philosophers and the importance of mathematics to their thought. It includes the following topics:* the mathematical image* platonism* picture-proofs* applied mathematics* Hilbert and Godel...

   Published July 21st 1999 by Routledge
8. The Ethics of Science

   An Introduction

   By David B. Resnik

   Series: Philosophical Issues in Science

   Ethics of Science is a comprehensive and student-friendly introduction to the study of ethics in science and scientific research. The book covers: * Science and Ethics * Ethical Theory and Applications * Science as a Profession * Standards of Ethical Conduct in Science * Objectivity in Research *...

   Published March 25th 1998 by Routledge
9. Evil or Ill?

   Justifying the Insanity Defence

   By Lawrie Reznek

   Series: Philosophical Issues in Science

   Lawrie Reznek addresses these questions and more in his controversial investigation of the insanity defense in Evil or Ill? Drawing from countless intriguing case examples, he aims to understand the concept of an excuse, and explains why the law excuses certain actions and not others. In his easily...

   Published October 1st 1997 by Routledge
10. Real History

    Reflections on Historical Practice

    By Martin Bunzl

    Series: Philosophical Issues in Science

    In Real History, Martin Bunzl brilliantly succeeds in bringing together two schools of thought at the forefront of the philosophy of history: that of realism and objectivity. He shows us how the realism debate is inhabited by philosophers, whereas the objectivity argument lies in the hands of...

    Published October 1st 1997 by Routledge