Philosophy of Science Books

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1. Philosophy of Images

   By John Kulvicki

   August 2011 | 978-0-415-55701-6 | Paperback (Routledge)
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   The Two Fundamental Problems of the Theory of Knowledge

   By Karl Popper

   In a letter of 1932, Karl Popper described Die beiden Grundprobleme der Erkenntnistheorie – The Two Fundamental Problems of the Theory of Knowledge – as ‘…a child of crises, above all of …the crisis of physics.’ Finally available in English, it is a major contribution to the philosophy of science,...

   August 2011 | 978-0-415-61022-3 | Paperback (Routledge)
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   Concept Formation in Social Science (Routledge Revivals)

   By William Outhwaite

   First published in 1983, this book examines the problems of concept formation in the social sciences, and in particular sociology, from the standpoint of a realistic philsophy of science. Beginning with a discussion of positivistic, hermeneutic, rationalist and realistic philsophies of science, Dr...

   July 2011 | 978-0-415-61126-8 | Paperback (Routledge)

4. Einstein

   By Thomas Ryckman, Arthur Fine

   June 2011 | 978-0-415-77327-0 | Paperback (Routledge)

5. The Philosophy of the Pittsburgh School: Sellars, McDowell, Brandom

   By Chauncey Maher

   In this volume, Maher contextualizes the work of a group of contemporary analytic philosophers--The Pittsburgh School--whose work is characterized by an interest in the history of philosophy and a commitment to normative functionalism, or the insight that to identify something as a manifestation of...

   June 2011 | 978-0-415-80442-4 | Hardback (Routledge)

6. Platonism, Naturalism, and Mathematical Knowledge

   By James Robert Brown

   This study addresses a central theme in current philosophy: Platonism vs Naturalism and provides accounts of both approaches to mathematics, crucially discussing Quine, Maddy, Kitcher, Lakoff, Colyvan, and many others. Beginning with accounts of both approaches, Brown defends Platonism by arguing...

   May 2011 | 978-0-415-87266-9 | Hardback (Routledge)

7. Arguing About Science

   Edited by Alexander Bird, James Ladyman

   Arguing About Science is a highly accessible, engaging introduction to the core questions in philosophy of science. This fresh, bold and exciting collection offers a selection of through provoking articles that examine a broad range of issues, from the demarcation problem, induction, and...

   March 2011 | 978-0-415-49230-0 | Paperback (Routledge)

8. Arguing About Bioethics

   Edited by Stephen Holland

   March 2011 | 978-0-415-47633-1 | Paperback (Routledge)

9. The Economics of Science: A Critical Realist Overview

   By David Tyfield

   March 2011 | 978-0-415-49835-7 | Hardback (Routledge)

10. Economics and Social Theory

    By Adam Lutzker

    Innovative and cutting-edge, this book proposes an alternative philosophical framework for economics which will reconfigure economics and social theory as historical disciplines that analyze successive standardizations of social practices. Using several tools from the poststructuralist arsenal...

    February 2011 | 978-0-415-77175-7 | Hardback (Routledge)