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Brings together many of Hull s essays on selection in one volume. One way to understand science is as a selection process. David Hull one of the dominant figures in contemporary philosophy of science sets out in this 2001 volume a general analysis of this selection... Lees meer.

Explores issues relating to the history of physical or biological anthropology - the application of the concept of race to humankind the comparison of animal minds to those of humans the evolution of humans from primate forms and the relationship between science and... Lees meer.

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Reasoning in Biological Discoveries brings together a series of essays which focus on one of the most heavily debated topics of scientific discovery. Collected together and richly illustrated Darden s essays represent a groundbreaking foray into one of the major probl... Lees meer.

A collection of eleven essays and lectures by renowned scientist Thomas H. Huxley Discourses examines a range of subjects from the formation of coal and the importance of chalk to yeast and the deep sea. Huxley s work helped popularize science in the nineteenth cent... Lees meer.

My original intention was to write a history of medical statistics used in its prewar sense expanding the writings on the subject by Major Greenwood from which I formed many of my ideas in the early days immediately after the Second World War. In later years I decid... Lees meer.

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Known as Darwin s Bulldog the biologist Thomas Henry Huxley 1825-95 was a tireless supporter of the evolutionary theories of his friend Charles Darwin. Huxley also made his own significant scientific contributions and he was influential in the development of scienc... Lees meer.

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Known as Darwin s Bulldog the biologist Thomas Henry Huxley 1825 95 was a tireless supporter of the evolutionary theories of his friend Charles Darwin. Huxley also made his own significant scientific contributions and he was influential in the development of scienc... Lees meer.

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Elliott Sober is one of the leading philosophers of science and is a former winner of the Lakatos Prize the major award in the field. This new collection of essays will appeal to a readership that extends well beyond the frontiers of the philosophy of science. Sober sh... Lees meer.