MarioBunge, author of the monumental Treatise on Basic Philosophy, is widely renowned as a philosopher of science. In this new and ambitious work he shifts his attention to the social sciences and t
This collection of essays, written on four continents by scientists, philosophers, and humanists, was initially presented to Karl R. Popper on his sixtieth birthday as a token of critical admiration a
In this Introduction we shall sketch a profile of our field of inquiry. This is necessary because semantics is too often mistaken for lexicography and therefore dismissed as trivial, while at other ti
The purpose of this Introduction is to sketch our approach to the study of value, morality and action, and to show the place we assign it in the system of human knowledge. 1. VALUE, MORALITY AND ACTIO
While some social scientists and philosophers claim that sociology and philosophy are disjoint fields of inquiry and others ponder how to trace the boundary between them, Bunge (foundations and philos
This enlarged edition of MarioBunge's Dictionary of Philosophy is a superb reference work for both students and professional philosophers. In one volume Bunge covers all the major branches of contemp
Philosophy is indeed currently at a low ebb, admits Bunge (logic and metaphysics, McGill U.), but cites earlier crises from which it has recovered and suggests how the situation can be improved now. H
The author proposes a new theory of scientific research that integrates its philosophical presuppositions, such as rationality and realism, and shows how philosophy constitutes a matrix for concei
"I regard it as a truly seminal work in this field." — Professor William A. Wallace, author of Causality and Scientific Explanation. Non-technical and clearly written, this book focuses on the place o
Over the past three decades, the philosophy of biology has emerged from the shadow of the philosophy of physics to become a respectable and thriving philosophical subdiscipline. The authors take a fre
