Philosophy of Science Books

New and Published Books

1. Nominalism and Constructivism in Seventeenth-Century Mathematical Philosophy

   By David Sepkoski

   Series: Routledge Studies in Seventeenth Century Philosophy

   What was the basis for the adoption of mathematics as the primary mode of discourse for describing natural events by a large segment of the philosophical community in the seventeenth century? In answering this question, this book demonstrates that a significant group of philosophers shared the...

   Published May 14th 2012 by Routledge
2. Wittgenstein's Novels

   By Martin Klebes

   Series: Studies in Philosophy

   Analyzing features of Wittgenstein's philosophical work and including in-depth textual analyses, this study investigates the impact of Ludwig Wittgenstein's work on contemporary German and French novelists. Drawing upon aesthetics, architectural history, philosophy of science, and photography, the...

   Published April 29th 2012 by Routledge
3. Regenerating Bodies

   Tissue and Cell Therapies in the Twenty-First Century

   By Julie Kent

   Series: Genetics and Society

   This exciting book examines how human tissues and cells are being exchanged, commodified and commercialized by new health technologies. Through a discussion of emergent global ‘tissue economies’ the author explores the social dynamics of innovation in the fields of tissue engineering and stem cell...

   Published April 25th 2012 by Routledge
4. The Semantics and Metaphysics of Natural Kinds

   Edited by Helen Beebee, Nigel Sabbarton-Leary

   Series: Routledge Studies in Metaphysics

   Essentialism--roughly, the view that natural kinds have discrete essences, generating truths that are necessary but knowable only a posteriori--is an increasingly popular view in the metaphysics of science. At the same time, philosophers of language have been subjecting Kripke’s views about the...

   Published April 19th 2012 by Routledge
5. The Routledge Companion to Literature and Science

   Edited by Bruce Clarke, Manuela Rossini

   Series: Routledge Companions

   With forty-four newly commissioned articles from an international cast of leading scholars, The Routledge Companion to Literature and Science traces the network of connections among literature, science, technology, mathematics, and medicine. Divided into three main sections, this volume: links...

   Published April 18th 2012 by Routledge
6. Arguing About Bioethics

   Edited by Stephen Holland

   Series: Arguing About Philosophy

   Arguing About Bioethics is a fresh and exciting collection of essential readings in bioethics, offering a comprehensive introduction to and overview of the field. Influential contributions from established philosophers and bioethicists, such as Peter Singer, Thomas Nagel, Judith Jarvis Thomson and...

   Published April 3rd 2012 by Routledge
7. The Years of High Econometrics

   A Short History of the Generation that Reinvented Economics

   By Francisco Louçã

   Series: Routledge Studies in the History of Economics

   A fascinating and comprehensive history, this book explores the most important transformation in twentieth century economics: the creation of econometrics. Containing fresh archival material that has not been published before and taking Ragnar Frisch as the narrator, Francisco Louca discusses both...

   Published March 21st 2012 by Routledge
8. Experimental Philosophy and its Critics

   Edited by Joachim Horvath, Thomas Grundmann

   Experimental philosophy is one of the most recent and controversial developments in philosophy. Its basic idea is rather simple: to test philosophical thought experiments and philosophers’ intuitions about them with scientific methods, mostly taken from psychology and the social sciences. The...

   Published March 14th 2012 by Routledge
9. Properties, Powers and Structures

   Issues in the Metaphysics of Realism

   Edited by Alexander Bird, Brian Ellis, Howard Sankey

   Series: Routledge Studies in Metaphysics

   While the phrase "metaphysics of science" has been used from time to time, it has only recently begun to denote a specific research area where metaphysics meets philosophy of science—and the sciences themselves. The essays in this volume demonstrate that metaphysics of science is an innovative...

   Published December 20th 2011 by Routledge
10. Science and Technology Studies

    Edited by Michael Lynch

    Series: Critical Concepts in the Social Sciences

    Science and Technology Studies has attained a strong international profile in recent decades. Science Studies incorporates work in the History and Philosophy of Science, but emphasizes the social, cultural, and political implications of developments in the natural sciences, mathematics, engineering...

    Published December 14th 2011 by Routledge