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Cambridge University Press Adversaries and Authorities Investigations into Ancient Greek and Chinese Science 42 Ideas in Context Series Number 42
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Cambridge University Press Adversaries and Authorities
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Cambridge University Press Philosophy and Technology Royal Institute of Philosophy Supplements
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Cambridge University Press Robert Boyle
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Cambridge University Press The Immune Self
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Cambridge University Press Thinking about Biology
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Cambridge University Press Adaptationism and Optimality
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Cambridge University Press Giordano Bruno Cause Principle and Unity And Essays on Magic Cambridge Texts in the History of Philosophy
Giordano Bruno's notorious public death in 1600, at the hands of the Inquisition in Rome, marked the transition from Renaissance philosophy to the Scientific Revolution of the seventeenth century. In his philosophical works he addressed such delicate issues as the role of Christ as mediator and the distinction, in human beings, between soul and matter. This volume presents new translations of Cause, Principle and Unity, in which he challenges Aristotelian accounts of causality and spells out the implications of Copernicanism for a new theory of an infinite universe, and of two essays on magic, On Magic and A General Account of Bonding, in which he interprets earlier theories about magical events in the light of the unusual powers of natural phenomena.
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Cambridge University Press Adaptationism and Optimality
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Cambridge University Press Thinking about Biology
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Cambridge University Press Lifes Solution
Book SynopsisThe eminent evolutionary palaeobiologist Simon Conway Morris challenges the accepted view that if the tape of life were wound back, the replay would be very different. He also asks: are we alone?Trade Review'Life's Solution is an absorbing presentation written to challenge and inform the mind of the reader. Life's Solution is a superb contribution to both Contemporary Philosophy Studies academic reference collections and University level and Evolutionary Biology reading lists.' Library Bookwatch'Life's Solution builds a forceful case for the predictability of evolutionary outcomes, their broad phenotypic manifestations. The case rests on a remarkable compilation of examples of convergent evolution, in which two or more lineages have independently evolved similar structures and functions. The examples range from the aerodynamics of hovering moths and hummingbirds to the use of silk by spiders and some insects to capture prey … I recommend the book to anyone grappling with the meaning of evolution and our place in the Universe, and to biologists interested in adaptation and constraints.' Nature'Simon Conway Morris's bold new book, Life's Solution, challenges this Darwinian orthodoxy by extending ideas he presented in his Crucible of Creation … Conway Morris presents scores of fascinating examples that are less familiar. The lesson is clear. The living world is peppered with recurrent themes; it is not an accumulation of unique events.' New York Times Book Review'Are human beings the insignificant products of countless quirky biological accidents, or the expected result of evolutionary patterns deeply embedded in the structure of natural selection? Drawing upon diverse biological evidence, Conway Morris convincingly argues that the general features of our bodies and minds are indeed written into the laws of the universe. This is a truly inspiring book, and a welcome antidote to the bleak nihilism of the ultra-Darwinists.' Paul Davies, author of Mind of God'… full of important information and insights …'. TRENDS in Ecology and Evolution'… this lively and well-researched book contains an impressive breadth of detail on subjects ranging from the nature of the early universe and the formation of stars and planets to the biological details of life. Scientists and the scientifically interested will find its arguments intelligent and thought provoking.' The Times Higher Education Supplement'It is a fascinating tale, ranging across the entire field of living organisms … he marshals an impressive and extremely wide-ranging array of arguments to support his case, from the microstructure of proteins and DNA at one end, to the large-scale processes in stars and galaxies at the other … This is a fascinating book covering a huge range of evidence. Biologist or not, I recommend it. After all, we are all human and the question of our origins has to be one of the more import in the world. There is much here to stimulate those famously large brains with which humans are endowed.' Journal of the Geological Magazine'This is a hugely important work of science … for anyone with any interest in religion, for or against, it has immense implications … It is exciting stuff … The wealth of ideas in his book is intoxicating … You must read it for yourself.' New Directions'… one of the most controversial volumes written about evolution in recent years by a respected biologist … Skilfully written, Life's Solution is certainly an entertaining read. There is much to admire about Conway Morris's scholarship …'. Heredity'…biologically fascinating and overwhelming.' Scientific & Medical Network'The book itself is well set out introducing the reader to each example of evolutionary convergence with a thoughtful approach that carries them along without becoming to confused in detail but rather allows them to see the greater theme the author wishes to convey, with each chapter building on the preceding ones. For each chapter there are copious footnotes to which a reader may refer at the end of the book with a comprehensive index beyond this as well.' The Open University Geological Society Journal'… throughout the book, Conway Morris's writing is lucid …'. Palaeontological Newsletter'… he brings an awkward problem into the light with a masterly argument for the inevitable existence of humans … read twice.' New ScientistTable of ContentsThe Cambridge Sandwich; 1. Looking for Easter Island; 2. Can we break the great code?; 3. Universal Goo: life as a cosmic principle?; 4. The origin of life: straining the soup or our credulity?; 5. Uniquely lucky? The strangeness of Earth; 6. Converging on the extreme; 7. Seeing convergence; 8. Alien convergences?; 9. The non-prevalence of humanoids?; 10. Evolution bound: the ubiquity of convergence; 11. Towards a theology of evolution; 12. Last word.
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Cambridge University Press The Selfish Meme
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Cambridge University Press The Cambridge Companion to the Philosophy of Biology
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Cambridge University Press Arguments about Arguments
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Cambridge University Press The Methodology of Experimental Economics
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Cambridge University Press The Shaping of Deduction in Greek Mathematics A Study in Cognitive History 51 Ideas in Context Series Number 51
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Cambridge University Press Causal Asymmetries
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Cambridge University Press The Order of Nature in Aristotles Physics
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Cambridge University Press Reconsidering Logical Positivism
Book SynopsisOne of the preeminent philosophers of science writing offers a reinterpretation of the enduring significance of logical positivism, the revolutionary philosophical movement centered around the Vienna Circle in the 1920s and 30s.Table of ContentsPreface; Introduction; Part I. Geometry, Relativity, and Convention: 1. Moritz Schlick's Philosophical Papers; Postscript: general relativity and General Theory of Knowledge; 2. Carnap and Weyl on the foundations of geometry and relativity theory; 3. Geometry, convention, and the relativized a priori: Reichenbach, Schlick and Carnap; 4. Poincaré's conventionalism and the logical positivists; Part II. Der Logische Aufbau der Welt: 5. Carnap's Aufbau reconsidered; 6. Epistemology in the Aufbau; Postscript: Carnap and the Neo-Kantians; Part III. Logico-Mathematical Truth: 7. Analytic truth in Carnap's Logical Syntax of Language; 8. Carnap and Wittgenstein's Tractatus; 9. Tolerance and analyticity in Carnap's philosophy of mathematics; Bibliography; Index.
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Cambridge University Press Beyond Science The Wider Human Context Canto original series
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Cambridge University Press Knowledge Science and Relativism
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Cambridge University Press The Evolution of Agency and Other Essays
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Cambridge University Press The Dappled World A Study of the Boundaries of Science
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Cambridge University Press The Dappled World A Study of the Boundaries of Science
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Cambridge University Press The Evolution of Agency and Other Essays
Book SynopsisThis book presents a collection of linked essays written by one of the leading philosophers of biology, Kim Sterelny, on the topic of biological evolution. These essays, some never before published, form a coherent whole that defends not just an overall conception of evolution, but also a distinctive take on cognitive evolution.Trade Review'… a wonderful collection of essays. Everyone interested in the philosophy of biology and in evolutionary philosophy of mind should read these essays.' ErkenntnisTable of ContentsPart I. Overview: 1. Evolution and agency: a user's guide; Part II. Replication and Interaction: 2. Return of the gene (with Philip Kitcher); 3. The gxtended replicator (with Kelly Smith and Mike Dickison); 4. The return of the group; Part III. Evolution and Macroevolution: 5. Punctuated equilibrium and macroevolution; 6. Explanatory pluralism in evolutionary biology; 7. Darwin's tangled bank; Part IV. The Descent of the Mind: 8. Where does thinking come from? A commentary on Peter Godfrey Smith's Complexity and the Function of Mind in Nature; 9. Basic minds; 10. Intentional agency and the metarepresentation hypothesis; 11. Situated agency and the descent of desire; 12. The evolution of agency.
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Cambridge University Press Aristotles Philosophy of Biology
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Cambridge University Press Physics Meets Philosophy at the Planck Scale Contemporary Theories in Quantum Gravity
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Cambridge University Press Darwinism in Philosophy Social Science and Policy
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Cambridge University Press Physics Meets Philosophy at the Planck Scale
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Cambridge University Press Science and Ethics
Book SynopsisIn Science and Ethics, Bernard Rollin examines the ideology that denies the relevance of ethics to science. Providing an introduction to basic ethical concepts, he discusses a variety of ethical issues that are relevant to science and how they are ignored, to the detriment of both science and society.Trade Review'In this important book the author looks at historical and conceptual aspects of the ideology that denies the relevance of ethics to science. His conclusion is instructive...' The Scientific and Medical NetworkTable of ContentsPreface; 1. The waxing and waning of faith in science; 2. Scientific ideology and 'value free' science; 3. What is ethics?; 4. Ethics and research on human beings; 5. Animal research; 6. Biotechnology and ethics: is genetic engineering intrinsically wrong?; 7. Biotechnology and ethics II: rampaging monsters and suffering animal; 8. Biotechnology and ethics III: cloning, xenotransplantation and stem cells; 9. Pain and ethics; 10. Ethics in science.
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Cambridge University Press Philosophy Biology and Life Royal Institute of Philosophy Supplements
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Cambridge University Press Science Politics and Evolution
Book SynopsisThis book examines central topics in philosophy of biology, challenging the current evolutionary accounts of the female orgasm and analysing them for bias. It examines the concept of objectivity and the structure of evolutionary theory and unlocks the puzzle of the units of selection debates into four distinct aspects.Trade Review"Although I do not agree with some of the conclusions the author draws, she certainly provides and interesting perspective and illustrates the importance of being very clear about the nature of the debate and our assumptions when comparing theory and data." Suzanne H. Alonzo, The Quarterly Review of BiologyTable of Contents1. The nature of Darwin's support for the theory of natural selection; 2. A semantic approach to the structure of population genetics; 3. Confirmation of evolutionary and ecological models; 4. Species selections on variability; 5. An open letter to Elliott Sober and David Sloan Wilson, regarding their book, Unto Others: The Evolution and Psychology of Unselfish Behavior; 6. Problems with pluralism; 7. Normality and variation: the human genome project and the ideal human type; 8. Evolutionary psychology: the burdens of proof; 9. Objectivity and the double standard for feminist epistemologies; 10. Science and anti-science: objectivity and its real enemies; 11. Pre-theoretical assumptions in evolutionary explanations of female sexuality.
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Cambridge University Press What Science Offers the Humanities
Book SynopsisThis book examines the deep problems facing the study of culture. Edward Slingerland argues that in order for the humanities to progress, its scholars need to take seriously contributions from the natural sciences, which demonstrate that any separation of the mind and the body is entirely untenable.Trade Review'… intellectually acute, wide-ranging, well-written, and deeply knowledgeable survey of the hard and soft disciplines behind consciousness …' Science'I greatly enjoyed and admired Slingerland's What Science Offers the Humanities, and recommend it highly. It not only addresses a weariness and lack of curiosity at the heart of some major areas in the humanities, but is also very adept at summing up the best thinking in the natural sciences. It teems with ideas that will intrigue and delight an open mind, and is also lively and positive in its bridge building. Slingerland shows real intellectual brio. This is an important book.' Ian McEwan, bestselling author of Atonement and On Chesil BeachTable of ContentsIntroduction; Part I. Exorcising the Ghost in the Machine: 1. The disembodied mind; 2. They live among us; 3. Pulling the plug; Part II. Embodying Culture: 4. Embodying culture; Part III. Defending Vertical Integration: 5. Defending the empirical; 6. Who's afraid of reductionism?; Conclusion.
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Cambridge University Press Adam Smiths Moral Philosophy
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Cambridge University Press Conceptualising the Social World Principles of Sociological Analysis
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Cambridge University Press Bioethics An Introduction
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Cambridge University Press The Chain of Change A Study of Aristotles Physics VII Cambridge Classical Studies
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Cambridge University Press Philosophy and the Foundations of Dynamics By Sklar Lawrence November 2012
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Cambridge University Press Darwinism and its Discontents
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Cambridge University Press Purpose in the Living World Creation and Emergent Evolution
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Cambridge University Press Discovering Cell Mechanisms
Book SynopsisBetween 1940 and 1970, pioneers in the new field of cell biology discovered the operative parts of cells and their contributions to cell life. William Bechtel emphasises how mechanisms were discovered by cell biologists, focusing especially on the way in which new instruments made these inquiries possible.Trade ReviewThis volume…will be useful not only to cell biologists interested in the embryology of their field, but also to theorists and historians of science concerned with the boundaries of fields of intellectual inquiry. -Choice"For decades historians have been preoccupied with genetics and molecular biology. However, mitochondria, ribosomes, Golgi bodies, and lysosomes explain the life processes of the cell; DNA does so only peripherally. This is their much needed story." -Douglas Allchin, Isis"Historians will appreciate Bechtel's thorough research in the archives of the Rochefeller Foundation and the American Society for Cell Biology, as well as his use of oral history interviews with some of the principal scientists...Cell biologists especially welcome this new history of their field." -Lindley Darden, University of Maryland, Journal of the History of BiologyTable of ContentsPart I. Introduction: Cell Mechanisms and Cell Biology: 1. A different kind of science; 2. The organization of science into disciplines; 3. The new discipline of cell biology; Part II. Explaining Cellular Phenomena through Mechanisms: 4. Historical conceptions of mechanism; 5. Twentieth century conceptions of mechanism; 6. Current conceptions of mechanisms; 7. Representing and reasoning about mechanisms; 8. Levels of organization and reduction; 9. Organization: from Cartesian to biological mechanisms; 10. Discovering and testing models of mechanisms; 11. Conclusions; Part III. The Locus of Cell Mechanisms: Terra Incognita Between Cytology and Biochemistry: 12. Cytological contributions to discovering cell mechanisms up to 1940; 13. Biochemical contributions to discovering cell mechanisms up to 1940; 14. The need to enter the Terra Incognita between cytology and biochemistry; Part IV. Creating New Instruments and Research Techniques to Study Cell Mechanisms: 15. The epistemology of evidence: judging artifacts; 16. The ultracentrifuge and cell fractionation; 17. The electron microscope and electron microscopy; 18. A case study of an artifact charge; 19. Equipped with new instruments and techniques to enter Terra Incognita; Part V. Entering the Terra Incognita Between Biochemistry and Cytology: 20. First steps towards cell biology at the Rockefeller Institute: Claude's introduction of cell fractionation; 21. Robert Bensley: an alternative approach to fractionalism; 22. Competing interpretations of fractions from normal cells; 23. Linking Claude's microsomes to protein synthesis; 24. Adding a biochemical perspective to the Rockefeller Laboratory; 25. Adding electron microscopy as a tool; 26. The state of cell studies at the end of the 1940's; Part VI. New Knowledge: the Mechanisms of the Cytoplasm: 27. The mitochondrion; 28. Microsomes, the endoplasmic reticulum, and ribosomes; 29. Two additional organelles; 30. Giving cell biology an institutional identity.
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Cambridge University Press Science and Spirituality Making Room for Faith in the Age of Science
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Cambridge University Press Interpreting Newton Critical Essays
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Cambridge University Press Objecting to God
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Cambridge University Press The Concept of the Gene in Development and Evolution
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Cambridge University Press Real Science What It Is and What It Means
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Cambridge University Press Machine Dreams
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Cambridge University Press A Life Scientists Guide to Physical Chemistry
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