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  • There Are No Such Things as Theories
    Steven French
    There Are No Such Things as Theories considers the fundamental question: what is a scientific theory? It presents a range of options - from theories are sets of propositions, to theories are families of models, abstract artefacts, or fictions - and highlights the various problems they allface. In so doing it draws multiple comparisons between theories and artworks: on the one h...
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    134,53 €

  • Applying Mathematics
    Otavio Bueno / Steven French
    How is that when scientists need some piece of mathematics through which to frame their theory, it is there to hand? What has been called ’the unreasonable effectiveness of mathematics’ sets a challenge for philosophers. Some have responded to that challenge by arguing that mathematics is essentially anthropocentric in character, whereas others have pointed to the range of stru...
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    122,81 €

  • Philosophy of Science
    Steven French
    Science has made a huge impact on human society over hundred years, but how does it work? How do scientists do the things they do? How do they come up with the theories? How do they test them? How do they use these theories to explain phenomena? How do they draw conclusions from them about how the world might be? Now updated, this second edition of Philosophy of Science: Key Co...
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    167,43 €

  • Structure of the World
    Steven French
    In The Structure of the World, Steven French articulates and defends the bold claim that there are no objects. At the most fundamental level, modern physics presents us with a world of structures and making sense of that view is the central aim of the increasingly widespread position known as structural realism. Drawing on contemporary work in metaphysics and philosophy of scie...
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    173,12 €

  • Identity in Physics
    Decio Krause / Steven French
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    71,13 €

  • Science
    Steven French
    The philosophical questions raised by the history and practice of science are among the most complex and stimulating. The philosophy of science inquires into such matters as scientific reasoning, scientific explanation, the nature and value of scientific knowledge, progress in science, and the debate between realist and anti-realist views of science. Science: Key Concepts in ...
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    47,51 €

  • Science
    Steven French
    Key Concepts in Philosophy is a series of concise, accessible and engaging introductions to the core ideas and subjects encountered in the study of philosophy. Specially written to meet the needs of students and those with an interest in, but little prior knowledge of, philosophy, these books open up fascinating, yet sometimes difficult ideas. The series builds to give a solid ...
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    259,28 €

  • Identity in Physics
    D. Cio Krause / Decio Krause / Steven French
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    123,34 €

  • Science and Partial Truth
    Newton C. a. Costa / Newton C. a. Da Costa / Steven French
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    245,80 €