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Inference to the Best Explanation
Taylor and Francis 2003; US$ 38.95How do we go about weighing evidence, testing hypotheses, and making inferences? According to the model of Inference to the Best Explanation , we work out what to infer from the evidence by thinking about what would actually explain that evidence, and we take the ability of a hypothesis to explain the evidence as a sign that the hypothesis is correct.... more...
The Force of Reason and the Logic of Force
Palgrave Macmillan 2004; US$ 109.00The Force of Reason and the Logic of Force investigates the concept of force through various 'episodes' in the history of philosophy. The author argues that force arises on the basis of the distinction of reality and mere appearance. The book looks at figures who reduce force to something other than itself as well as figures who develop a 'logic... more...
The Problem of the Essential Indexical
Oxford University Press 1993; US$ 124.99This is a collection of essays that discusses aspects of the author's views on the philosophy of language and the philosophy of mind. He discusses problems related to "self-locating beliefs" - the sorts of beliefs one expresses with indexicals and demonstratives like "I" and "this". more...
Morality without Foundations
Oxford University Press 1999; US$ 34.99In this work, Timmons defends a metaethical view that exploits certain contextualist themes in philosophy of language and epistemology. He advances what he calls "assertoric non-descriptivism" - a view that employs semantic contextualism in giving an account of moral discourse. more...
What Is Your Dangerous Idea?
HarperCollins 2009; US$ 11.99From Copernicus to Darwin, to current-day thinkers, scientists have always promoted theories and unveiled discoveries that challenge everything society holds dear; ideas with both positive and dire consequences. Many thoughts that resonate today are dangerous not because they are assumed to be false, but because they might turn out to be true. ... more...
The Metaphysics of Science
Springer 2007; US$ 54.99Provides a clear conception of modern science, according to which its core consists of particular metaphysical principles. This book also provides a resolution of the debate between empiricism and realism. more...
Rereading Russell
University of Minnesota Press 1989; US$ 40.00Rereading Russell was first published in 1989. Though Betrand Russell is best known for his formative role in the creation of symbolic logic (the Principia Mathematica) and analytic philosophy, he was also among the founders of twentieth-century philosophy of science; he used his method of logical analysis to devise a metaphysics and epistemology that... more...
The Paradox of Predictivism
Cambridge University Press 2008; US$ 37.00This account of predictivism has considerable consequences for the realist/anti-realist debate. more...
On Scientific Representations
Palgrave Macmillan 2007; US$ 105.00Scientific concepts, laws, theories and models are representations but are uniquely different. This book explores each within an original, philosophical framework rooted in the Kantian tradition. Through a revisionist historical approach, it shows how this tradition helps us rethink contemporary issues in epistemology and the philosophy of science. more...
A Realist Theory of Science
Taylor and Francis 2008; US$ 45.95Dealing with philosophy of science, this book sets out to revindicate ontology, critiquing the reduction of being in favor of knowledge, which the author calls the "epistemic fallacy". more...









