This book explores how thermodynamics, together with its statistical rationalization in terms of constituent atoms, provides a coherent framework for understanding contemporary developments in our increasingly digital world. As traditional sources o...Loe edasi...
This volume examines how evolutionary principles can help us understand the dynamics of culture while acknowledging the risks of their uncritical application. Drawing on perspectives from the philosophy and history of science, anthropology, archaeol...Loe edasi...
The first full-length study to bring together the fields of Health Humanities and German studies, this book features contributions from a range of key scholars and provides an overview of the latest work being done at the intersection of these two...Loe edasi...
The first volume to explore the influence of John Philoponus’ philosophy of science in the Medieval and Renaissance periods. In some of his most famous works, John Philoponus (c. 490-570 CE) confronts numerous aspects of A...Loe edasi...
Nobody doubted that atoms were real once atomic energy was developed, but in the early 20th-century and before their existence was widely doubted. Defending Materialism follows the political and theoretical background of this...Loe edasi...
This book offers the first comprehensive and systematic study of Charles Peirce’s theory of abduction, tracing its evolution across five distinct periods from 1864 to 191...Loe edasi...
This book explores how Emersons and Zhuang Zi’s exploration of spirituality in nature shapes different senses of place. It delves into spirituality as a pursuit of lifes meaning and self-transcendence, particularly relevant amidst rapid urbaniza...Loe edasi...
This book discusses the ethics of the AI economy. Its object of study is a new type of economic system in which economic activities are conducted with the active use of AI technologies. It reconsiders this modern use of AI from the standpoint of eth...Loe edasi...
Materialism - the view that facts are dependent upon or reducible to physical processes - is one of the most long-standing and controversial of all philosophical theories. Originating in antiquity, its proponents include Epicurus, Hobbes, Diderot,...Loe edasi...
This book offers a collection of essays on the history and background of the mechanization of natural philosophy in the 16th and 17th centuries. It rewrites the history of mechanism and shows that the philosophical ideas present in Descartes and New...Loe edasi...
An outstanding reference source to this fast-growing area and is the first volume of its kind. Essential reading for students and scholars of philosophy of science, formal epistemology, and philosophy of social science, and for those in related fiel...Loe edasi...
This anthology brings together the unpublished poetry of Jacob Bronowski (1908-74). One of the last great polymaths, Bronowski was prominent in the fields of philosophy, mathematics, history and literary criticism, and is perhaps best remembered tod...Loe edasi...
Professor Dr Fuat Sezgin meticulously documented the scientific writings and advances achieved by Muslim scholars. His celebrated Geschichte des arabischen Schrifttums (GAS), the largest bio-bibliography for the Arabic literary tradition in ge...Loe edasi...
This book highlights that Mass and Proper Time, which are well-defined classically, have all sorts of conceptual problems when considered quantum- mechanically. When systems interact, the masses change to include binding energies, etc., but are no...Loe edasi...
Professor Dr Fuat Sezgin meticulously documented the scientific writings and advances achieved by Muslim scholars. His celebrated Geschichte des arabischen Schrifttums (GAS), the largest bio-bibliography for the Arabic literary tradition in ge...Loe edasi...
Following Wittgensteins remark that his aim is to make the philosophical problems disappear, this work reconstructs his strategy for dissolving traditional problems about mathematics. Both philosophers and mathematicians are presented with reason...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 18-Jun-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: Cambridge University Press, ISBN-13: 9781009574891)
Following Wittgensteins remark that his aim is to make the philosophical problems disappear, this work reconstructs his strategy for dissolving traditional problems about mathematics. Both philosophers and mathematicians are presented with reason...Loe edasi...
This book presents a compelling exploration of the five fundamental elements—soil, air, heat, water, and space—that constitute all animate and inanimate entities on Earth. Drawing from ancient philosophical traditions across Indian, Chinese, and Gree...Loe edasi...
This book proposes ecology of wisdom as a new field of study and interdisciplinary research, with Institutional Wisdom-in-Design at its core. It examines how Institutional Wisdom-in-Design can be identified, developed, and applied to transform globa...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 16-Jun-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: Springer International Publishing AG, ISBN-13: 9783031983146)
The book is about the fascinating intersection of philately and astronomy. In all countries of the world, stamps and other philatelic documents are continuously issued to celebrate scientists, places, astronomical instruments for observing the sky...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 16-Jun-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: Oxford University Press, ISBN-13: 9780197902677)
This book looks at Antarctic politics as a source of inspiration for the environmental governance of other places on earth that are confronted by similar challenges, especially climate change. It argues that the Antarctic Treaty created a model focus...Loe edasi...
This book discusses and answers several long-standing and intriguing questions about science: What is science? What are its unique features compared to other forms of knowledge about the world? What are its relationships with other forms of knowledg...Loe edasi...
This book examines and critiques Steve Fullers social epistemology on his study of four ways to understand the nature of post-truth: way ones understanding is an epistemic crisis in which emotion has taken over and facts are irrelevant; way twos un...Loe edasi...
This book presents high-quality papers on the History of Mathematical Sciences, focusing on Portugal and East Asia, a testament to ongoing international collaboration in uncovering the rich, interwoven histories of science, culture, and diplomacy ac...Loe edasi...
This book considers the concept of time after the shift from genetics to phylogenetics. It uses an interdisciplinary analysis based on the latest findings from neuroscience, physics, philosophy of medicine, epistemology, logic and artificial intelli...Loe edasi...
Professor Dr Fuat Sezgin meticulously documented the scientific writings and advances achieved by Muslim scholars. His celebrated Geschichte des arabischen Schrifttums (GAS), the largest bio-bibliography for the Arabic literary tradition in ge...Loe edasi...
Philosophy of Science: A Unified Approach, Second Edition combines a general introduction to philosophy of science with an integrated survey of all its important subfields. As the book’s subtitle suggests, this excellent overview is guided...Loe edasi...
Philosophy of Science: A Unified Approach, Second Edition combines a general introduction to philosophy of science with an integrated survey of all its important subfields. Philosophy of Science: A Unified Approach, Second...Loe edasi...
The main objectives of this book are to critically evaluate the problem of scientificity in Edmund Husserls phenomenology, to argue that his phenomenological reflection further awakens possibilities for the rational sciences and finally, to question...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 05-Jun-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: Oxford University Press, ISBN-13: 9780198950172)
Our existence as living beings - thinking, feeling, acting - is an extraordinary thing. This book provides a scientifically based account of how this happens through interactions between particles and molecules. Our existence as living b...Loe edasi...
This book explores how thermodynamics, together with its statistical rationalization in terms of constituent atoms, provides a coherent framework for understanding contemporary developments in our increasingly digital world. As traditional sources o...Loe edasi...
This volume examines how evolutionary principles can help us understand the dynamics of culture while acknowledging the risks of their uncritical application. Drawing on perspectives from the philosophy and history of science, anthropology, archaeol...Loe edasi...
The first full-length study to bring together the fields of Health Humanities and German studies, this book features contributions from a range of key scholars and provides an overview of the latest work being done at the intersection of these two...Loe edasi...
The first volume to explore the influence of John Philoponus’ philosophy of science in the Medieval and Renaissance periods. In some of his most famous works, John Philoponus (c. 490-570 CE) confronts numerous aspects of A...Loe edasi...
Nobody doubted that atoms were real once atomic energy was developed, but in the early 20th-century and before their existence was widely doubted. Defending Materialism follows the political and theoretical background of this...Loe edasi...
This book offers the first comprehensive and systematic study of Charles Peirce’s theory of abduction, tracing its evolution across five distinct periods from 1864 to 191...Loe edasi...
This book explores how Emersons and Zhuang Zi’s exploration of spirituality in nature shapes different senses of place. It delves into spirituality as a pursuit of lifes meaning and self-transcendence, particularly relevant amidst rapid urbaniza...Loe edasi...
This book discusses the ethics of the AI economy. Its object of study is a new type of economic system in which economic activities are conducted with the active use of AI technologies. It reconsiders this modern use of AI from the standpoint of eth...Loe edasi...
Materialism - the view that facts are dependent upon or reducible to physical processes - is one of the most long-standing and controversial of all philosophical theories. Originating in antiquity, its proponents include Epicurus, Hobbes, Diderot,...Loe edasi...
This book offers a collection of essays on the history and background of the mechanization of natural philosophy in the 16th and 17th centuries. It rewrites the history of mechanism and shows that the philosophical ideas present in Descartes and New...Loe edasi...
An outstanding reference source to this fast-growing area and is the first volume of its kind. Essential reading for students and scholars of philosophy of science, formal epistemology, and philosophy of social science, and for those in related fiel...Loe edasi...
This anthology brings together the unpublished poetry of Jacob Bronowski (1908-74). One of the last great polymaths, Bronowski was prominent in the fields of philosophy, mathematics, history and literary criticism, and is perhaps best remembered tod...Loe edasi...
Professor Dr Fuat Sezgin meticulously documented the scientific writings and advances achieved by Muslim scholars. His celebrated Geschichte des arabischen Schrifttums (GAS), the largest bio-bibliography for the Arabic literary tradition in ge...Loe edasi...
This book highlights that Mass and Proper Time, which are well-defined classically, have all sorts of conceptual problems when considered quantum- mechanically. When systems interact, the masses change to include binding energies, etc., but are no...Loe edasi...
Professor Dr Fuat Sezgin meticulously documented the scientific writings and advances achieved by Muslim scholars. His celebrated Geschichte des arabischen Schrifttums (GAS), the largest bio-bibliography for the Arabic literary tradition in ge...Loe edasi...
Following Wittgensteins remark that his aim is to make the philosophical problems disappear, this work reconstructs his strategy for dissolving traditional problems about mathematics. Both philosophers and mathematicians are presented with reason...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 18-Jun-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: Cambridge University Press, ISBN-13: 9781009574891)
Following Wittgensteins remark that his aim is to make the philosophical problems disappear, this work reconstructs his strategy for dissolving traditional problems about mathematics. Both philosophers and mathematicians are presented with reason...Loe edasi...
This book presents a compelling exploration of the five fundamental elements—soil, air, heat, water, and space—that constitute all animate and inanimate entities on Earth. Drawing from ancient philosophical traditions across Indian, Chinese, and Gree...Loe edasi...
This book proposes ecology of wisdom as a new field of study and interdisciplinary research, with Institutional Wisdom-in-Design at its core. It examines how Institutional Wisdom-in-Design can be identified, developed, and applied to transform globa...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 16-Jun-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: Springer International Publishing AG, ISBN-13: 9783031983146)
The book is about the fascinating intersection of philately and astronomy. In all countries of the world, stamps and other philatelic documents are continuously issued to celebrate scientists, places, astronomical instruments for observing the sky...Loe edasi...
