Tous les livres numériques de la collection "Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science" - Springer

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Making Sense of Health, Disease, and the Environment in Cross-Cultural History: The Arabic-Islamic World, China, Europe, and North America Florence Bretelle-Establet , Marie Gaille , Mehrnaz Katouzian-Safadi This book has been defined around three important issues: the first sheds light on how people, in various philosophical, religious, and political contexts, understand the natural environment, and how the relationship between the environment and the body is perceived;... Editeur : Springer Parution : 2020-01-01 Collection : Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science PDF, ePub 137,14 € PDF ePub J'achète Téléchargement immédiat Dès validation de votre commande
Leibniz and the Structure of Sciences Vincenzo De Risi The book offers a collection of essays on various aspects of Leibniz’s scientific thought, written by historians of science and world-leading experts on Leibniz.The essays deal with a vast array of topics on the exact sciences: Leibniz’s logic, mereology, the notion of... Editeur : Springer Parution : 2020-01-01 Collection : Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science PDF, ePub 147,69 € PDF ePub J'achète Téléchargement immédiat Dès validation de votre commande
Contingency and Natural Order in Early Modern Science Rodolfo Garau , Pietro Daniel Omodeo This volume considers contingency as a historical category resulting from the combination of various intellectual elements – epistemological, philosophical, material, as well as theological and, broadly speaking, intellectual. With contributions ranging from fields as... Editeur : Springer Parution : 2019-09-09 Collection : Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science PDF, ePub 137,14 € PDF ePub J'achète Téléchargement immédiat Dès validation de votre commande
Swinging and Rolling Jochen Büttner This volume explores the reorganisation of knowledge taking place in the course of Galileo's research process extending over a period of more than thirty years, pursued within a network of exchanges with his contemporaries, and documented by a vast collection of... Editeur : Springer Parution : 2019-08-08 Collection : Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science PDF, ePub 105,49 € PDF ePub J'achète Téléchargement immédiat Dès validation de votre commande
Neurath Reconsidered Jordi Cat , Adam Tamas Tuboly This highly readable book is a collection of critical papers on Otto Neurath (1882-1945). It comprehensively re-examines Neurath’s scientific, philosophical and educational contributions from a range of standpoints including historical, sociological and problem-oriented... Editeur : Springer Parution : 2019-02-12 Collection : Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science PDF, ePub 147,69 € PDF ePub J'achète Téléchargement immédiat Dès validation de votre commande
Truth, Existence and Explanation Mario Piazza , Gabriele Pulcini This book contains more than 15 essays that explore issues in truth, existence, and explanation. It features cutting-edge research in the philosophy of mathematics and logic.Renowned philosophers, mathematicians, and younger scholars provide an insightful contribution... Editeur : Springer Parution : 2018-10-24 Collection : Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science PDF, ePub 89,66 € PDF ePub J'achète Téléchargement immédiat Dès validation de votre commande
Emergence and Expansion of Preclassical Mechanics Rivka Feldhay , Jürgen Renn , Matthias Schemmel , Matteo Valleriani This book is divided into two sections. The first section is concerned with the emergence and expansion of a form of mechanical knowledge defined by us as pre-classical mechanics. The definition purports to the period roughly between the 15th and the 17th century,... Editeur : Springer Parution : 2018-10-24 Collection : Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science PDF, ePub 137,14 € PDF ePub J'achète Téléchargement immédiat Dès validation de votre commande
What Does it Mean to be an Empiricist? Siegfried Bodenmann , Anne-Lise Rey This book begins with an observation: At the time when empiricism arose and slowly established itself, the word itself had not yet been coined. Hence the central question of this volume: What does it mean to conduct empirical science in early modern Europe? How can we... Editeur : Springer Parution : 2018-06-11 Collection : Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science PDF, ePub 126,59 € PDF ePub J'achète Téléchargement immédiat Dès validation de votre commande
Philosophy of Engineering, East and West Bocong Li , Carl Mitcham , Byron Newberry , Baichun Zhang This co-edited volume compares Chinese and Western experiences of engineering, technology, and development. In doing so, it builds a bridge between the East and West and advances a dialogue in the philosophy of engineering. Divided into three parts, the book starts with... Editeur : Springer Parution : 2018-02-06 Collection : Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science PDF 94,94 € J'achète Téléchargement immédiat Dès validation de votre commande
Epistemic Virtues in the Sciences and the Humanities Herman Paul , Jeroen Van Dongen This book explores how physicists, astronomers, chemists, and historians in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries employed ‘epistemic virtues’ such as accuracy, objectivity, and intellectual courage. In doing so, it takes the first step in providing an... Editeur : Springer Parution : 2017-12-07 Collection : Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science PDF, ePub 105,49 € PDF ePub J'achète Téléchargement immédiat Dès validation de votre commande
Encouraging Openness Nimrod Bar-Am , Stefano Gattei , Stefano Gattei This volume features forty-two essays written in honor of Joseph Agassi. It explores the work and legacy of this influential philosopher, an exciting and challenging advocate of critical rationalism. Throughout six decades of stupendous intellectual activity, Agassi... Editeur : Springer Parution : 2017-06-22 Collection : Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science PDF, ePub 137,14 € PDF ePub J'achète Téléchargement immédiat Dès validation de votre commande
Philosophical Explorations of the Legacy of Alan Turing Alisa Bokulich , Juliet Floyd Chapters “Turing and Free Will: A New Take on an Old Debate” and “Turing and the History of Computer Music” are available open access under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License via link.springer.com. Editeur : Springer Parution : 2017-05-30 Collection : Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science PDF, ePub 126,59 € PDF ePub J'achète Téléchargement immédiat Dès validation de votre commande
Mathematics as a Tool Martin Carrier , Johannes Lenhard This book puts forward a new role for mathematics in the natural sciences. In the traditional understanding, a strong viewpoint is advocated, on the one hand, according to which mathematics is used for truthfully expressing laws of nature and thus for rendering the... Editeur : Springer Parution : 2017-04-04 Collection : Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science PDF, ePub 116,04 € PDF ePub J'achète Téléchargement immédiat Dès validation de votre commande
A Pragmatist Orientation for the Social Sciences in Climate Policy Martin Kowarsch While economic and other social science expertise is indispensable for successful public policy-making regarding global climate change, social scientists face trade-offs between the scientific credibility, policy-relevance, and legitimacy of their policy advice. From a... Editeur : Springer Parution : 2016-09-01 Collection : Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science PDF, ePub 94,94 € PDF ePub J'achète Téléchargement immédiat Dès validation de votre commande
Objectivity, Realism, and Proof Francesca Boccuni , Andrea Sereni This volume covers a wide range of topics in the most recent debates in the philosophy of mathematics, and is dedicated to how semantic, epistemological, ontological and logical issues interact in the attempt to give a satisfactory picture of mathematical... Editeur : Springer Parution : 2016-07-05 Collection : Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science ePub 126,59 € J'achète Téléchargement immédiat Dès validation de votre commande
The Philosophy of Historical Case Studies Tilman Sauer , Raphael Scholl This volume collects reflections on the role of philosophy in case studies in the history of science. Case studies have played a prominent role in recent history and philosophy of science. They have been used to illustrate, question, explore, or explicate philosophical... Editeur : Springer Parution : 2016-05-24 Collection : Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science ePub 105,49 € J'achète Téléchargement immédiat Dès validation de votre commande
The Aristotelian Mechanics Joyce Van Leeuwen This book examines the transmission processes of the Aristotelian Mechanics. It does so to enable readers to appreciate the value of the treatise based on solid knowledge of the principles of the text. In addition, the book’s critical examination helps clear... Editeur : Springer Parution : 2016-03-17 Collection : Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science ePub 52,74 € J'achète Téléchargement immédiat Dès validation de votre commande
Meta-Philosophical Reflection on Feminist Philosophies of Science Maria Cristina Amoretti , Nicla Vassallo This volume offers a meta-philosophical reflection on feminist philosophies of science. It emphasizes and discusses both the connections and differences between "traditional" philosophies of science and feminist philosophies of science. The collection systematically... Editeur : Springer Parution : 2015-12-21 Collection : Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science PDF, ePub 94,94 € PDF ePub J'achète Téléchargement immédiat Dès validation de votre commande
Cosmological and Psychological Time Yuval Dolev , Michael Roubach This book examines the many faces of philosophy of time, including the metaphysical aspects, natural science issues, and the consciousness of time. It brings together the different methodologies of investigating the philosophy of time. It does so to counter the growing... Editeur : Springer Parution : 2015-12-16 Collection : Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science PDF, ePub 94,94 € PDF ePub J'achète Téléchargement immédiat Dès validation de votre commande
New Perspectives on Technology, Values, and Ethics Wenceslao J. Gonzalez This book focuses on a key issue today: the role of values in technology, with special emphasis on ethical values.This topic involves the analysis of internal values in technology (as they affect objectives, processes, and outcomes) and the study of external values in... Editeur : Springer Parution : 2015-10-08 Collection : Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science PDF, ePub 52,74 € PDF ePub J'achète Téléchargement immédiat Dès validation de votre commande
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