Bücher der Reihe Routledge Library Editions: History & Philosophy of Science

Presents an introduction to the philosophy of the social sciences. This book provides answers to questions about empiricism, explanation and rationality. It evaluates contemporary writings on the subject which can be as difficult as they are important to understand.

This book is a critical survey of the views of scientific inference that have been developed since the end of World War I. It contains some detailed exposition of ideas ¿ notably of Keynes ¿ that were cryptically put forward, often quoted, but nowhere explained.

The main concern of this book is the nature of the gap between the theoretical issues, raised at an abstract level by social scientists, and their facts, the material organized in an empirical analysis.

Presents an examination of warrant statements - statements which indicated something about the grounds on behalf of some further judgement, choice or action. This book studies the role of warrant statements in theoretical discourse. It also concerns their role in practical discourse.

Puts forward unorthodox ideas about the philosophy of and sociology of science, starting from the conviction that modern societies face deep problems arising from unresolved dilemmas about the meaning, content and technical applications of the theories of nature they employ.

Can one discern certain regularities in the manoeuvrings and techniques employed by scientists and can these be formulated into the methodological principles of science? What is the origin and basis of such principles? This book investigates these questions and sheds light on the growth mechanism of the evolving structure of science itself.

Argues that philosophy ought to be more than the art of clarifying thought and that it should concern itself with outlining a scientifically plausible world view. This book deals with phenomenalism and the reality of theoretical entities, and with the relation between the physical and biological sciences.

This volume discusses many aspects of ESP. The general theme is that the phenomena is very valid and can no longer be ignored.

Deals with issues of bureaucracy in science threatening its creativity and the failure of industry to recruit the best graduates, as well as what attracts people to study science.

The original tension within Marxist philosophy between positivism and metaphysics was repressed but not resolved in this first phase of Soviet Marxism. This book correlates the development of ideas with trends in the Cultural Revolution.

Charles Wheatstone collaborated with William Cooke in the invention and early exploitation of the Electric Telegraph. This was the first long distance, faster-than-a-horse messenger. This book discusses the way in which two such antagonistic men were driven into collaboration and sets out the history of the early telegraph lines.

Explains what is wrong with the traditional methodology of 'inductive' reasoning.

Investigates the royal society's underlying purpose and creation. This book covers the real nature of its debt to Francis Bacon and its role in the scientific revolution of the seventeenth century.

Focuses on the awareness of science and art, evolution and Freudian psychology. This book discusses criticism, the fantasy element in drama and popular literature, the history of the novel, the motivation of science and the function of erotic art.