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The Ethnographer’s Eye
Grimshaw’s exploration of the role of vision within modern anthropology engages with current debates about ocularcentism, investigating the...
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Mimesis and Empire
As powerful, pointed imitation, cultural mimesis can effect inclusion in a polity, threaten state legitimacy, or undo the originality upon which such...
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The Logic of Concept Expansion
The operation of developing a concept is a common procedure in mathematics and in natural science, but has traditionally seemed much less possible to...
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Consistent Quantum Theory
Quantum mechanics is one of the most fundamental yet difficult subjects in physics. Nonrelativistic quantum theory is presented here in a clear and...
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The Nature of Consciousness
In The Nature of Consciousness, Mark Rowlands develops an innovative account of the nature of phenomenal consciousness, one that has significant...
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The Methodology of Empirical Macroeconomics
The Methodology of Empirical Macroeconomics stakes out a pragmatic middle-ground between traditional, prescriptive economic methodology and recent...
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The Methodology of Empirical Macroeconomics
The Methodology of Empirical Macroeconomics stakes out a pragmatic middle-ground between traditional, prescriptive economic methodology and recent...
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Adaptationism and Optimality
The debate over the relative importance of natural selection as compared to other forces affecting the evolution of organisms is a long-standing and...
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Structural Proof Theory
Structural proof theory is a branch of logic that studies the general structure and properties of logical and mathematical proofs. This book is both...
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The Economic World View
The beliefs of economists are not solely determined by empirical evidence in direct relation to the theories and models they hold. Economists hold...
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Language Change
This is a lucid and up-to-date overview of language change. It discusses where our evidence about language change comes from, how and why changes...
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The Economic World View
The beliefs of economists are not solely determined by empirical evidence in direct relation to the theories and models they hold. Economists hold...
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Hidden Unity in Nature’s Laws
As physics has progressed through the ages it has succeeded in explaining more and more diverse phenomena with fewer and fewer underlying principles....
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Hidden Unity in Nature’s Laws
As physics has progressed through the ages it has succeeded in explaining more and more diverse phenomena with fewer and fewer underlying principles....
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Reflection without Rules
Reflection without Rules offers a comprehensive, pointed exploration of the methodological tradition in economics and the breakdown of the received...
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Reflection without Rules
Reflection without Rules offers a comprehensive, pointed exploration of the methodological tradition in economics and the breakdown of the received...
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What Functions Explain
This book offers an examination of functional explanation as it is used in biology and the social sciences, and focuses on the kinds of philosophical...
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The Evolution of Reason
The formal systems of logic have ordinarily been regarded as independent of biology, but recent developments in evolutionary theory suggest that...
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Physics Meets Philosophy at the Planck Scale
The greatest challenge in fundamental physics is how quantum mechanics and general relativity can be reconciled in a theory of ‘quantum gravity’....
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Aristotle’s Philosophy of Biology
In addition to being one of the world’s most influential philosophers, Aristotle can also be credited with the creation of both the science of...
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Aristotle’s Philosophy of Biology
In addition to being one of the world’s most influential philosophers, Aristotle can also be credited with the creation of both the science of...
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The Poverty of the Linnaean Hierarchy
The question of whether biologists should continue to use the Linnaean hierarchy has been a hotly debated issue. Invented before the introduction of...
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Science and Selection
One way to understand science is as a selection process. David Hull, one of the dominant figures in contemporary philosophy of science, sets out in...
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Science and Selection
One way to understand science is as a selection process. David Hull, one of the dominant figures in contemporary philosophy of science, sets out in...
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