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What is the origin of our universe? What are dark matter and dark energy? What is our role in the universe as human beings capable of knowledge? What makes us intelligent cognitive agents seemingly endowed with consciousness? Scientific research across both the physical and cognitive sciences raises fascinating philosophical questions. Philosophy and the Sciences For Everyone introduces these questions and more. It begins by asking what good is philosophy for the sciences before examining the following questions: The origin of our universe Dark matter and dark energy Anthropic reasoning in philosophy and cosmology Evolutionary theory and the human mind What is consciousness? Intelligent machines and the human brain Embodied Cognition. Each chapter includes an introduction, summary and study questions and there is a glossary of technical terms. Designed to be used on the corresponding Philosophy and the Sciences online course offered by the University of Edinburgh this book is also a superb introduction to central topics in philosophy of science and popular science.
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9781138785441 | Routledge, September 29, 2014, cover price $135.00 | About this edition: What is the origin of our universe?
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9781138785434 | Reprint edition (Routledge, October 16, 2014), cover price $28.95
Product Description: Philosophy for Everyone begins by explaining what philosophy is before exploring the questions and issues at the foundation of this important subject. Key topics and their areas of focus include: Epistemology - what our knowledge of the world and ourselves consists in, and how we come to have it; Philosophy of Science - foundational conceptual issues in scientific research and practice; Philosophy of Mind - what it means for something to have a mind, and how minds should be understood and explained; Moral Philosophy - the nature of our moral judgements and reactions, whether they aim at some objective moral truth, or are mere personal or cultural preferences, and; Metaphysics - fundamental conceptual questions about the nature of reality...read more
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9780415719452 | Reprint edition (Routledge, September 18, 2013), cover price $135.00 | About this edition: Philosophy for Everyone begins by explaining what philosophy is before exploring the questions and issues at the foundation of this important subject.
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9780415719476 | Routledge, September 13, 2013, cover price $28.95 | About this edition: Philosophy for Everyone begins by explaining what philosophy is before exploring the questions and issues at the foundation of this important subject.
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9780521839112 | Cambridge Univ Pr, September 19, 2005, cover price $140.00
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9781107410732 | 1 edition (Cambridge Univ Pr, October 4, 2012), cover price $54.99
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9780521748513 | 1 edition (Cambridge Univ Pr, January 31, 2009), cover price $49.99
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