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Representing and Intervening
Language: en
Pages: 304
Authors: Ian Hacking
Categories: Philosophy
Type: BOOK - Published: 1983-10-20 - Publisher: Cambridge University Press

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A lively and clearly written introduction to the philosophy of natural science, organized around the central theme of scientific realism.
Historical Ontology
Language: en
Pages: 292
Authors: Ian Hacking
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2004-09-15 - Publisher: Harvard University Press

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In this text, Ian Hacking offers his reflections on the philosophical uses of history. The focus is the historical emergence of concepts and objects.
Self-Organized Criticality
Language: en
Pages: 172
Authors: Henrik Jeldtoft Jensen
Categories: Philosophy
Type: BOOK - Published: 1998 - Publisher: Cambridge University Press

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A clear and concise introduction to this new, cross-disciplinary field.
How the Laws of Physics Lie
Language: en
Pages: 232
Authors: Nancy Cartwright
Categories: Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 1983-06-09 - Publisher: OUP Oxford

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In this sequence of philosophical essays about natural science, Nancy Cartwright argues that fundamental explanatory laws, the deepest and most admired successe
Topology Via Logic
Language: en
Pages: 224
Authors: Steven Vickers
Categories: Computers
Type: BOOK - Published: 1989 - Publisher: Cambridge University Press

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Now in paperback, Topology via Logic is an advanced textbook on topology for computer scientists. Based on a course given by the author to postgraduate students