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| Author | : Jan Westerhoff |
| Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
| Total Pages | : 137 |
| Release | : 2011-11-24 |
| Genre | : 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 |
| Total Pages | : 129 |
| Release | : 2012-08-30 |
| Genre | : 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 |
| Total Pages | : 412 |
| Release | : 2021-07-16 |
| Genre | : 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 | : Andrew Davies |
| Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
| Total Pages | : 177 |
| Release | : 2017 |
| Genre | : 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 | : Gary Thomas |
| Publisher | : Oxford University Press, USA |
| Total Pages | : 161 |
| Release | : 2013-03-28 |
| Genre | : 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 | : Stillman Drake |
| Publisher | : OUP Oxford |
| Total Pages | : 161 |
| Release | : 2001-02-22 |
| Genre | : 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 | : Stephen Eric Bronner |
| Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
| Total Pages | : 161 |
| Release | : 2017 |
| Genre | : Literary Criticism |
| ISBN | : 0190692677 |
Preface -- Introduction: what is critical theory? -- The frankfurt school -- A matter of method -- Critical theory and modernism -- Alienation and reification -- Enlightened illusions -- The utopian laboratory -- The happy consciousness -- The great refusal -- From resignation to renewal -- Unfinished tasks -- Further reading -- Index
| Author | : Luciano Floridi |
| Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
| Total Pages | : 153 |
| Release | : 2010-02-25 |
| Genre | : 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 | : Ian J. Deary |
| Publisher | : Oxford University Press, USA |
| Total Pages | : 185 |
| Release | : 2020 |
| Genre | : Psychology |
| ISBN | : 019879620X |
Some people appear to be smarter than others, but how do we measure intelligence? Why do some people have better thinking powers than others? What does intelligence predict about people's health and social outcomes? This "Very Short Introduction" uses the best, large-scale psychological data to answer important questions about intelligence, such as how environment, genes, brain structure, gender, and age affect people's thinking skills. It asks whether intelligence increased over the 20th century. Ian Deary also considers the new field of cognitive epidemiology, which discovers links between higher intelligence and better health, lower rates of illness, and longer life. -- From publisher's description.
| Author | : Tom Sorell |
| Publisher | : Oxford Paperbacks |
| Total Pages | : 129 |
| Release | : 2000-10-12 |
| Genre | : 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.
