This is a groundbreaking and timely collection of papers by Alexander Rosenberg, the distinguished philosopher of science. The essays cover three broad areas related to Darwinian thought and naturalism: the first deals with the solution of philosophical problems such as reductionism, the second with the development of social theories, and the third with the intersection of evolutionary biology with economics, political philosophy, and public ...

Highly illustrated introduction to the biological and cultural processes of the domestication of mammals.
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This book provides a philosophical analysis of the reasoning appropriate to the history of ideas. ...

The aim of 16-19 Mathematics has been to produce a course which, while challenging, is accessible and enjoyable to all students. The course develops ability and confidence in mathematics and its applications, together with an appreciation of how mathematical ideas help in the understanding of the world and society in which we live. This unit: * is a self-contained introduction to Newton's laws of motion; * integrates the use of practical work; * ...

This book presents an updated and expanded discussion of theoretical treatment of externalities (i.e. uncompensated interdependencies), public goods, and club goods. ...

A quantitative account of the science of cosmology, designed for a non-specialist audience. ...

Presents the SELECT Perspective, a component-based approach that addresses the demands of large-scale, complex enterprise software development problems. ...

The writings of the High Church Tory pamphleteer Mary Astell (1666--1731) are a remarkable and underestimated contribution to the constitutional debates which ushered in the modern liberal democratic state. An interlocutor with Swift and Defoe, Astell was perhaps the first systematic critic of Locke's writings, something which has been overlooked in the considerable literature evaluating the reception of Locke's Two Treatises on Government. ...

A challenging new perspective on the nature of modern science and its relationship with the public. ...

The work of Bion of Smyrna, the late Hellenistic writer of bucolic poetry, survives in seventeen fragments and the longer Epitaph on Adonis. In this edition, J. D. Reed presents a Greek text of the poems together with a facing translation. The substantial introduction covers Bion’s place in the bucolic tradition, his reinterpretation of ritual and myth in the Adonis poem (with attention to its social context), and various aspects of ...