18 books like Conjectures and refutations

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Discipline and Punish Michel Foucault · 1975 · ★ 4.1 · 333p · ≈ 11h · Moderate English version of "Surveiller et punir: naissance de la prison" Shares: Philosophy, History

A System of Logic, Ratiocinative and Inductive John Stuart Mill · 1843 · ★ 3.8 · 569p · ≈ 18h · Challenging This book deals on self-belief that social planning and political action should rely primarily on scientific knowledge, not on authority, custom, revelation, or prescription. Shares: Méthodologie, Sciences, Methodology, Theory of Knowledge

The philosophy of science Stephen Edelston Toulmin · 1953 · 176p · ≈ 5h · Moderate Shares: Wetenschapsfilosofie, Science, Philosophy

Science and Method (Key Texts) Henri Poincaré · 1900 · 288p · ≈ 9h · Challenging Henri Poincare's Science and Method is an examination of the process scientists go through when determining which of the countless facts before them will be most useful in advancing scientific knowledge. In this highly readable text-first published in 1908 and here presented in a 1914 translation by Francis Maitland-Poincare investigates mathematics, logic, physics, mechanics, and astronomy and… Shares: Méthodologie, Sciences, Methodology, Science

Essays on politics and society John Stuart Mill · 1963 · 412p · ≈ 13h · Moderate 'it is only the cultivation of individuality which produces, or can produce, well developed human beings' Mill's four essays, 'On Liberty', 'Utilitarianism', 'Considerations on Representative Government', and 'The Subjection of Women' examine the most central issues that face liberal democratic regimes - whether in the nineteenth century or the twenty-first. They have formed the basis for many… Shares: Méthodologie, Sciences, Methodology, Theory of Knowledge

The Logic of Scientific Discovery Karl Popper · 1935 · ★ 4.0 · 479p · ≈ 15h · Challenging Described by the philosopher A.J. Ayer as a work of 'great originality and power', this book revolutionized contemporary thinking on science and knowledge. Ideas such as the now legendary doctrine of 'falsificationism' electrified the scientific community, influencing even working scientists, as well as post-war philosophy. This astonishing work ranks alongside The Open Society and Its Enemies as… Shares: Méthodologie, Sciences, Methodology, Science

Critiques of knowing Lynette Hunter · 1999 · 256p · ≈ 8h · Moderate Critiques of Knowing explores what happens to science and computing when we think of them as texts. Lynette Hunter elegantly weaves together vast areas of thought: rhetoric, politics, AI, computing, feminism, science studies, aesthetics and epistemology. Critiques of Knowing shows us that what we need is a radical shake-up of approaches to the arts if the critiques of science and computing are to… Shares: Wetenschapsfilosofie, Theory of Knowledge, Knowledge, Science

The advancement of learning Francis Bacon · 1605 · ★ 3.9 · 376p · ≈ 12h · Demanding The Advancement of Learning (full title: Of the Proficience and Advancement of Learning, Divine and Human) is a 1605 book by Francis Bacon. It inspired the taxonomic structure of the highly influential Encyclopédie by Jean le Rond d'Alembert and Denis Diderot, and is credited by Bacon's biographer-essayist Catherine Drinker Bowen with being a pioneering essay in support of empirical philosophy. Shares: Méthodologie, Sciences, Methodology, Theory of Knowledge

Against Method Paul K. Feyerabend · 1975 · ★ 4.0 · 349p · ≈ 11h · Moderate Against Method: Outline of an Anarchistic Theory of Knowledge is a 1975 book about the philosophy of science by Paul Feyerabend, in which the author argues that science is an anarchic enterprise, not a nomic (customary) one. In the context of this work, the term anarchy refers to epistemological anarchy. (Source: Wikipedia) Shares: Sciences, Methodology, Theory of Knowledge, Knowledge

Discours de la méthode René Descartes · 1644 · ★ 3.8 · 122p · ≈ 4h · Demanding By an almost universal agreement among philosophers and historians, Rene' Descartes is considered the originator of modern philosophy, or at least the first important philosopher of our times. If we add to this the common belief that philosophy points the way for developments in all other fields, it will be evident that to Descartes is ascribed an importance comparable to that of the beginnings… Shares: Méthodologie, Sciences, Methodology, Science

An Examination of Sir William Hamilton's Philosophy John Stuart Mill · 1865 · 650p · ≈ 21h · Demanding "In this book, John Stuart Mill examines the philosophy of Sir William Hamilton and discusses the principal philosophical questions in his writings. The acknowledged position of Hamilton at the head of the school of philosophy to which he belongs, has principally determined Mill to connect with his name and writings the speculations and criticisms contained in the present work. The justification… Shares: Methodology, Theory of Knowledge, Science, Philosophy

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Zhongguo zao qi ke ji qi kan hui bian Yasha Jiang · 2008 · 739p · ≈ 24h · Moderate Shares: Technology, Science

Obsolete Garrison Lovely · 2024 · 370p · ≈ 12h · Moderate Is AI a bubble or humanity’s last invention? An existing harm or an existential threat? Obsolete cuts through the hype and false binaries to answer all the AI questions you have, while raising some you probably aren’t prepared for.The richest companies in history are racing to build a machine that replaces human labor—all of it. And, as this provocative new book insists, the only surefire way… Shares: Technology, Science

The Nature of the Physical World Arthur Stanley Eddington · 1928 · ★ 4.1 · 370p · ≈ 12h · Challenging With centuries of literature, it's inevitable that some will fall through the cracks. We hunt down public domain works and restore them so they're not lost to the world. Who are we? We're Cairn Press. Our background is in design, publishing, typography, and technology. These skills fuel our mission to create the highest quality Public Domain eBooks available online, at an affordable price. We… Shares: Sciences, Theory of Knowledge, Science, Philosophy

Philosophical essays concerning human understanding David Hume · 1900 · ★ 4.0 · 230p · ≈ 7h · Challenging "Over a series of elegantly written, engaging essays, the Enquiry examines the experiential and psychological sources of meaning and knowledge, the foundations of reasoning about matters that lie beyond the scope of our sensory experience and memory, the nature of belief, and the limitations of our knowledge. The positions Hume takes on these topics have been described as paradigmatically… Shares: Connaissance, Theory of Knowledge, Knowledge, Philosophy

La valeur de la science Henri Poincaré · 1905 · ★ 4.2 · 152p · ≈ 5h · Challenging La recherche de la verite doit etre le but de notre activite ; c'est la seule fin qui soit digne d'elle. Sans doute nous devons d'abord nous efforcer de soulager les souffrances humaines, mais pourquoi ? Shares: Sciences, Methodology, Science, Philosophy

A treatise of human nature David Hume · 1739 · ★ 4.0 · 324p · ≈ 10h · Demanding The eighteenth-century Scottish philosopher's classic work on human understanding and morals. Shares: Connaissance, Theory of Knowledge, Knowledge, Philosophy

Philosophie der symbolischen Formen Ernst Cassirer · 1923 · 300p · ≈ 10h · Challenging Ernst Cassirer war ein deutscher Philosoph. Ausgebildet in der neokantianischen Marburger Schule, folgte er zunächst seinem Mentor Hermann Cohen in dem Versuch, eine idealistische Wissenschaftsphilosophie darzustellen. Nach Cohens Tod im Jahr 1918 entwickelte Cassirer eine Theorie des Symbolismus und nutzte sie, um die Phänomenologie des Wissens zu einer allgemeineren Philosophie der Kultur zu… Shares: Connaissance, Theory of Knowledge, Knowledge, Philosophy

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