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Emergence in Mind

Emergence in Mind

Cynthia Macdonald, Graham Macdonald (eds)

Published in print:
2010
Published Online:
May 2010
ISBN:
9780199583621
eISBN:
9780191723483
Item type:
book
Publisher:
Oxford University Press
DOI:
10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199583621.001.0001
Subject:
Philosophy, Philosophy of Mind, Philosophy of Science

There have long been controversies about how it is that minds can fit into a physical universe. Emergence in Mind presents new essays by a group of philosophers investigating whether ... More

The Emergent Multiverse

The Emergent Multiverse: Quantum Theory according to the Everett Interpretation

David Wallace

Published in print:
2012
Published Online:
September 2012
ISBN:
9780199546961
eISBN:
9780191741418
Item type:
book
Publisher:
Oxford University Press
DOI:
10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199546961.001.0001
Subject:
Philosophy, Philosophy of Science, Metaphysics/Epistemology

This book defends the view that the Everett interpretation of quantum theory, often called the ‘many worlds theory’, is not some new physical theory or some metaphysical addition to ... More

An Essay on Belief and Acceptance

An Essay on Belief and Acceptance

L. Jonathan Cohen

Published in print:
1995
Published Online:
October 2011
ISBN:
9780198236047
eISBN:
9780191679179
Item type:
book
Publisher:
Oxford University Press
DOI:
10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198236047.001.0001
Subject:
Philosophy, Metaphysics/Epistemology, Philosophy of Science

This study examines the tension between voluntariness and involuntariness in human cognition. The book seeks to counter the widespread tendency for analytic epistemology to be dominated ... More

Every Thing Must Go

Every Thing Must Go: Metaphysics Naturalized

James Ladyman, Don Ross, and David Spurrett with John Collier

Published in print:
2007
Published Online:
September 2007
ISBN:
9780199276196
eISBN:
9780191706127
Item type:
book
Publisher:
Oxford University Press
DOI:
10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199276196.001.0001
Subject:
Philosophy, Metaphysics/Epistemology, Philosophy of Science

This book argues that the only kind of metaphysics that can contribute to objective knowledge is one based specifically on contemporary science as it really is, and not on philosophers' ... More

Everywhere and Everywhen

Everywhere and Everywhen: Adventures in Physics and Philosophy

Nick Huggett

Published in print:
2010
Published Online:
May 2010
ISBN:
9780195379518
eISBN:
9780199776559
Item type:
book
Publisher:
Oxford University Press
DOI:
10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195379518.001.0001
Subject:
Philosophy, Philosophy of Science

Everywhere and Everywhen is an introduction to the ideas and arguments of the central questions that arise when physics meets philosophy: for instance, what are space and ... More

Evidence and Method

Evidence and Method: Scientific Strategies of Isaac Newton and James Clerk Maxwell

Peter Achinstein

Published in print:
2013
Published Online:
May 2013
ISBN:
9780199921850
eISBN:
9780199332892
Item type:
book
Publisher:
Oxford University Press
DOI:
10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199921850.001.0001
Subject:
Philosophy, Philosophy of Science

What is meant by scientific evidence, and how can a definition of this concept be applied in the sciences to determine whether observed facts constitute evidence that a given theory is true? This ... More

Evolution and the Levels of Selection

Evolution and the Levels of Selection

Samir Okasha

Published in print:
2006
Published Online:
January 2007
ISBN:
9780199267972
eISBN:
9780191708275
Item type:
book
Publisher:
Oxford University Press
DOI:
10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199267972.001.0001
Subject:
Philosophy, Philosophy of Science

Does natural selection act primarily on individual organisms, on groups, on genes, or on whole species? This book provides a comprehensive analysis of the long-standing controversy in ... More

Evolutionary Religion

Evolutionary Religion

J. L. Schellenberg

Published in print:
2013
Published Online:
May 2013
ISBN:
9780199673766
eISBN:
9780191757129
Item type:
book
Publisher:
Oxford University Press
DOI:
10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199673766.001.0001
Subject:
Philosophy, Philosophy of Religion, Philosophy of Science

This book argues that we are still at a very early stage in the possible history of intelligent life on our planet and should frame our religious attitudes accordingly. Humans tend not to notice how ... More

Exceeding Our Grasp

Exceeding Our Grasp: Science, History, and the Problem of Unconceived Alternatives

P. Kyle Stanford

Published in print:
2006
Published Online:
May 2006
ISBN:
9780195174083
eISBN:
9780199786367
Item type:
book
Publisher:
Oxford University Press
DOI:
10.1093/0195174089.001.0001
Subject:
Philosophy, Philosophy of Science

The incredible achievements of modern scientific theories lead most of us to embrace scientific realism: the view that our best theories offer us at least roughly accurate descriptions ... More

Explaining the Brain

Explaining the Brain

Carl F. Craver

Published in print:
2007
Published Online:
January 2009
ISBN:
9780199299317
eISBN:
9780191715075
Item type:
book
Publisher:
Oxford University Press
DOI:
10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199299317.001.0001
Subject:
Philosophy, Philosophy of Mind, Philosophy of Science

What distinguishes good explanations in neuroscience from bad? This book constructs and defends standards for evaluating neuroscientific explanations that are grounded in a systematic ... More

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