John Earman is Distinguished University Professor Emeritus of History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Pittsburgh. He is the author of World Enough and Space-Time: Absolute vs. Relationship Theories of Space and Time and Bayes or Bust? A Critical Examination of Bayesian Confirmation Theory.
8 Ebooks por John Earman
Philosophy of Physics
The ambition of this volume is twofold: to provide a comprehensive overview of the field and to serve as an indispensable reference work for anyone who wants to work in it. For example, any philosoph …
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John Earman: Bangs, Crunches, Whimpers, and Shrieks
Almost from its inception, Einstein’s general theory of relativity was known to sanction spacetime models harboring singularities. Until the 1960s, however, spacetime singularities were thought to be …
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John Earman: Hume’s Abject Failure
This vital study offers a new interpretation of Hume’s famous "Of Miracles, " which notoriously argues against the possibility of miracles. By situating Hume’s popular argument in the conte …
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John Earman & Clark Glymour: Ceterus Paribus Laws
Natural and social sciences seem very often, though usually only implicitly, to hedge their laws by ceteris paribus clauses – a practice which is philosophically very hard to understand because such …
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John Earman: Hume’s Abject Failure
This vital study offers a new interpretation of Hume’s famous "Of Miracles, " which notoriously argues against the possibility of miracles. By situating Hume’s popular argument in the conte …
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€29.40
John Earman: Inference, Explanation, and Other Frustrations
These provocative essays by leading philosophers of science exemplify and illuminate the contemporary uncertainty and excitement in the field. The papers are rich in new perspectives, and their far-r …
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€49.99
John Earman & Allen Janis: Philosophical Problems of the Internal and External Worlds
The inaugural volume of the Pittsburgh-Konstanz series, devoted to the work of philosopher Adolf GrŸnbaum, encompasses the philosophical problems of space, time, and cosmology, the nature of sci …
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John Earman: The Cosmos Of Science
<i>The Cosmos of Science</i> presents a cross section of the best work currently being done in history and philosophy of science, exploring fundamental questions in four major areas: hist …
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