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"In The Formation of Reason, David Bakhurst expounds and defends a socio-historical account of the human mind. Inspired by the work of the influential philosopher John McDowell, Bakhurst maintains that the distinctive character of human psychological powers resides in our respon…
Paradigms in theory construction
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Realism and the progress of science
by Smith, Peter
fromCambridge studies in philosophy
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"This book is a unique examination of qualitative research in the social sciences. It explores the multiple roots of qualitative research in order to diagnose the current state of play and recommend an alternative"--Provided by publisher. "This book is a unique examination of q…
This text has one distinctive feature: It combines an elementary introduction to philosophy of science with an integrated survey of all important subfields of contemporary philosophy of science. This twofold characteristic is reflected in the bipartite structure of all chapters,…
This volume is based on the lectures given in The Royal Institute of Philosophy's annual lecture series in London for 2005-6. In it leading figures in the philosophy of science focus on key topics in the subject: realism, natural kinds, scientific progress, the confirmation of t…
The world around us seems to be a complex place. But, as John Gribbin explains, chaos and complexity obey simple laws - essentially, the same straightforward principles that Isaac Newton discovered more than 300 years ago.