Zbirka: Filozofija naravoslovja
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Optimist's Tour of the Future(2012) STEVENSON, MARKThe author has been to the future a few years ahead of the rest of us - and reckons it has a lot going for it. This book tracks one curious man's journey to find out what's in store.Vezava: Mehka14,01 € -
Survey of Metaphysics(2002) LOWE, E. J. (, PROFESSOR OF PHILOSOPHY, UNIVERSITY OF DURHAM)A systematic overview of modern metaphysics, covering all of the most important topics in the subject likely to be encountered on a metaphysics course. The emphasis is on contemporary views and issues rather than on the history of metaphysics.Vezava: Mehka87,49 € -
Impossibility(1999) BARROW, JOHN D.Barrow looks at what limits there might be to human discovery, and what we might find, ultimately, to be unknowable, undoable, or unthinkable. that any Universe complex enough to contain conscious beings will contain limits on what those beings can know aVezava: Mehka23,82 € -
Natural Theology(2008) PALEY, WILLIAMIn Natural Theology William Paley set out to prove the existence of God from the evidence of the beauty and order of the natural world. This edition reprints the original text of 1802, and sets the book in the context of the theological, philosophical, anVezava: Mehka15,41 € -
Ethics and Science(2012) BRIGGLE, ADAM (UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS),MITCHAM, CARLThis book explores ethical issues at the interfaces of science, policy, religion and technology. Through case studies and in-depth analyses, this book cultivates skills of critical thinking, cogent argument and informed judgement and explores ethical issuVezava: Mehka55,24 € -
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Conjectures and Refutations: The Growth of Scientific Knowledge(2002) KARL POPPERVezava: Mehka39,19 € -
Evolution as a Religion(2002) MIDGLEY, MARYIn "Evolution as a Religion", Mary Midgley examines how science comes to be used as a substitute for religion and points out how badly that role distorts it. She exposes the illogical logic of poor doctrines that shelter themselves behind the prestige ofVezava: Mehka32,06 € -
Social History of Truth(1995) SHAPIN, STEVENThis work employs detailed historical narrative to argue about the establishment of factual knowledge both in science and in everyday practice. Accounts of gentlemen-philosophers are used to illustrate the study's claim that trust is imperative for constiVezava: Mehka68,43 € -
Beyond the Hoax(2010) SOKAL, ALAN (PROFESSOR OF PHYSICS AT NEW YORK UNIVERSITY AND PROFESSOR OF MATHEMATICS AT UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, LONDON)Alan Sokal, best-known for his role in the 'Sokal Hoax', here turns his attention to a new set of targets - pseudo-science, religion, and misinformation in public life. He argues that clear thinking, combined with a respect for evidence, are of the utmostVezava: Mehka24,52 € -
Scientific Progress(2023) ROWBOTTOM, DARRELL P. (LINGNAN UNIVERSITY, HONG KONG)This Element extensively surveys the contemporary debate on answering the question of what constitutes cognitive scientific progress. It provides a critical summary of the key literature on the issue over the past fifteen years. It proposes an anti-realisVezava: Mehka34,22 € -
Altered Inheritance - CRISPR and the Ethics of Human Genome Editing(2019) FRANCOISE BAYLISVezava: Trda33,35 €
