Author : Jan Westerhoff
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 137 pages
File Size : 34,91 MB
Release : 2011-11-24
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0199594414
'What is real?' has been one of the key questions of philosophy since its beginning in antiquity. But it is not just a question that philosophers ask. This Very Short Introduction discusses what reality is by looking at a variety of arguments, theories, and thought-experiments from philosophy, physics, and cognitive science.
Author : Stephen Mumford
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 129 pages
File Size : 35,83 MB
Release : 2012-08-30
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0199657122
An introduction to metaphysics offers questions and answers covering such issues as properties, changes, time, personal identity, nothingness, and consciousness.
Author : Peter Godfrey-Smith
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 412 pages
File Size : 22,41 MB
Release : 2021-07-16
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 022677113X
How does science work? Does it tell us what the world is “really” like? What makes it different from other ways of understanding the universe? In Theory and Reality, Peter Godfrey-Smith addresses these questions by taking the reader on a grand tour of more than a hundred years of debate about science. The result is a completely accessible introduction to the main themes of the philosophy of science. Examples and asides engage the beginning student, a glossary of terms explains key concepts, and suggestions for further reading are included at the end of each chapter. Like no other text in this field, Theory and Reality combines a survey of recent history of the philosophy of science with current key debates that any beginning scholar or critical reader can follow. The second edition is thoroughly updated and expanded by the author with a new chapter on truth, simplicity, and models in science.
Author : Stillman Drake
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 161 pages
File Size : 22,40 MB
Release : 2001-02-22
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0191606669
In a startling reinterpretation of the evidence, Stillman Drake advances the hypothesis that Galileo's trial and condemnation by the Inquisition was caused not by his defiance of the Church, but by the hostility of contemporary philosophers. Galileo's own beautifully lucid arguments are used to show how his scientific method was utterly divorced from the Aristotelian approach to physics in that it was based on a search not for causes but for laws. Galileo's method was of overwhelming significance for the development of modern physics, and led to a final parting of the ways between science and philosophy. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.
Author : Luciano Floridi
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 153 pages
File Size : 34,32 MB
Release : 2010-02-25
Category : Computers
ISBN : 0199551375
Introduction; 1 The information revolution; 2 The language of information; 3 Mathematical information; 4 Semantic information; 5 Physical information; 6 Biological information; 7 Economic information; 8 The ethics of information; Conclusion; References.
Author : Samir Okasha
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 161 pages
File Size : 32,60 MB
Release : 2016
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0198745583
What is science? -- Scientific inference -- Explanation in science -- Realism and anti-realism -- Scientific change and scientific revolutions -- Philosophical problems in physics, biology, and psychology -- Science and its critics.
Author : Gary Thomas
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 161 pages
File Size : 45,56 MB
Release : 2013-03-28
Category : Education
ISBN : 0199643261
From the schools of ancient times to the present day, Gary Thomas looks at how and why education evolved as it has. By exploring some of the big questions, he examines the ways in which schools work, considers the differences around the world, and concludes by considering the future of education worldwide.
Author : Andrew Davies
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 177 pages
File Size : 50,74 MB
Release : 2017
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0198727666
A project is a temporary coalition of people and resources brought together to achieve a one-off objective. Andrew Davies explains how and why the project approach is central to success in creating products and services, constructing major infrastructure, launching entrepreneurial ventures, implementing strategies, even landing a man on the moon.
Author : Michael Allen Fox
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 169 pages
File Size : 16,57 MB
Release : 2016
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 0198747233
Michael Allen Fox considers the complex meaning of home. He discusses what dwelling is, and the variety of dwellings people live in. He also looks at the politics of home, homelessness, refugeeism, and migration; the importance of place to our psyche; and the future of the concept of home.
Author : Tom Sorell
Publisher : Oxford Paperbacks
Page : 129 pages
File Size : 18,76 MB
Release : 2000-10-12
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0192854097
René Descartes (1596-1650) had a remarkably short working life, and his output was small, yet his contributions to philosophy and science have endured to the present day. He is perhaps best known for his statement 'Cogito, ergo sum'. By a mixture of 'intuition' and 'deduction' Descartes derived from the 'cogito' principle first the existence of a material world. But Descartes did not intend the metaphysics to stand apart from his scientific work, which included important investigations into physics, mathematics, psychology, and optics. In this book Tom Sorrell shows that Descartes was, above all, an advocate and practitioner of a new mathematical approach to physics, and that he developed his metaphysics to support his programme in the sciences. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.
