Durbin, history and philosophy of science scholar and writer, has created a volume that includes about 100 terms from the natural and social sciences. For each term there is an extended definition and discussion of related philosophic issues. Each entry, about three and one-half pages, also provides a bibliography of some six to a dozen sources. A thorough index includes all terms and people discussed in the entries. This is an excellent source for an entree to the scholarly literature on basic topics such as chance, gender, history, indeterminism, instrumentalism, paradigm, scientific method, and vitalism. "Choice"

This new reference, designed for both students and general readers, provides concise essays on more than one hundred basic core ideas or concepts in the natural and social sciences, supplemented by carefully selected bibliographic listings. Written with a minimum of technical jargon, the essays explore such issues as what it means to be scientific, how theories related to facts in science, and how science compares with other intellectual disciplines. After presenting a clear explanation of the concept, each entry discusses the historical and intellectual context that gave rise to theoretical controversy and assesses the significance of the idea for both the particular discipline and science as a whole. The individual bibliographies will guide the student in tracing the historical development of each subject and investigating its scientific and philosophical aspects in greater detail. Cross referencing and subject indexing are supplied.

Just Ecological Integrity presents a collection of revised and expanded essays originating from the international conference 'Connecting Environmental Ethics, Ecological Integrity, and Health in the New Millennium' held in San Jose, Costa Rica in June 2000. It is a cooperative venture of the Global Ecological Integrity Project and the Earth Charter Initiative. Beginning with an in depth look at the history and meaning of the Earth Charter itself, Just Ecological Integrity moves to consider the systems of measurement necessary to indicate progress in achieving the Earth Charter's goals. Contributors to the volume explore such issues as the reciprocal impacts between humans and nature; human destructiveness; and the various ways in which the revaluation of nature in terms of intrinsic qualities affects broader notions of justice. A rich collection of case studies enhances the volume and examines such issues as violence, risk, and the preservation of nature in local circumstances.

In Nature, Truth, and Value nineteen scholars writing from across the humanities and sciences challenge the reigning theoretical and philosophical enterprises of deconstruction and postmodernism. With great erudition, ambition, and daring, all contributions have one thread in common-their abiding interest in the work of Frederick Ferre, a thinker whose passion for intellectual inquiry remains unsurpassed. More specifically Nature, Truth, and Value is an exploration of Ferre's idea that traditional dichotomies are dead, that we all are a part of nature, that truth is one, and that value is ultimate. Ferre's colleagues and friends, writing here in this volume, have all been inspired to develop his ideas which have become, now more than ever, critical issues in a broken and fragmented world. This book represents a deep exploration of Ferre's ideas and is indispensable to the fields of philosophy, theology, ethics, and environmental studies.

In Nature, Truth, and Value nineteen scholars writing from across the humanities and sciences challenge the reigning theoretical and philosophical enterprises of deconstruction and postmodernism. With great erudition, ambition, and daring, all contributions have one thread in common-their abiding interest in the work of Frederick FerrZ, a thinker whose passion for intellectual inquiry remains unsurpassed. More specifically Nature, Truth, and Value is an exploration of FerrZ's idea that traditional dichotomies are dead, that we all are a part of nature, that truth is one, and that value is ultimate. FerrZ's colleagues and friends, writing here in this volume, have all been inspired to develop his ideas which have become, now more than ever, critical issues in a broken and fragmented world. This book represents a deep exploration of FerrZ's ideas and is indispensable to the fields of philosophy, theology, ethics, and environmental studies.

The Summa Theologiae ranks among the greatest documents of the Christian Church, and is a landmark of medieval western thought. It provides the framework for Catholic studies in systematic theology and for a classical Christian philosophy, and is regularly consulted by scholars of all faiths and none, across a range of academic disciplines. This paperback reissue of the classic Latin/English edition first published by the English Dominicans in the 1960s and 1970s, in the wake of the Second Vatican Council, has been undertaken in response to regular requests from readers and librarians around the world for the entire series of 61 volumes to be made available again. The original text is unchanged, except for the correction of a small number of typographical errors.

Die philosophische Beschaftigung mit der Technik ist vergleichs- weise jtingeren Datums: Ihre ersten Ansatze reichen kaum hundert Jahre zurlick - im Vergleich mit den seit der Antike durchge- haltenen philosophischen Reflexionen, etwa liber das wahre Wis- sen, die Natur und die Gesellschaft, ein ausgesprochen kurzer Zeitraum. Inzwischen sind unter spekulativer, sozialkritischer und empiristischer Akzentsetzung unterschiedliche Ansatze zur Technikphilosophie vorgelegt worden. Doch ist der Gegensatz zwischen der praktischen Lebensbedeutung der Technik und ihrer vergleichsweise geringfligigen philosophischen Aufarbeitung nach wie vor unverkennbar. Die komplexe Struktur der modernen Technik hat zur Folge, daB sehr verschiedenartige philosophische Zugange gewahlt werden kennen, die von theoretischen, metaphysischen Deutungen bis hin zu praktischen Fragen der politischen Willensbildung rei- chen. Es ist nur natlirlich, daB die philosophische Diskussion innerhalb des dadurch vorgezeichneten allgemeinen Rahmens spe- zifische nationale Schwerpunkte aufweist, die gepragt sind durch bestimmte philosophische Traditionen (Pragmatismus, Meta- physik) und die jeweils im Vordergrund des Interesses stehen- den aktuellen Probleme. Trotzdem erfordern die weltweite Aus- breitung der Technik, ihr Vordringen in alle Bereiche des indi- viduellen, sozialen und kulturellen Lebens und die dadurch aufgeworfenen schwerwiegenden Probleme liber spezifische Sprach- grenzen hinweg eine gemeinsame philosophische Behandlung. Die Uberwindung solcher sprachlicher und kultureller Schranken bei der philosophischen Aus"eipandersetzung mit der Technik It, ., '! L . . . "'e . . . . e stellt also ein echtes Desiderat dar. VII Die vorliegenden Aufsatze sind das Ergebnis des deutsch-ameri- kanischen Kolloquiums zur Technikphilosophie, das vom 7. - 11. April 1981 in der Werner-Reimers-Stiftung in Bad Hornburg statt- gefunden hat.