Philosophy of Science & Maths

Imagistic Cognition and Nonpropositional Content

Piotr Kozak, University of Bialystok, Poland We know much more about thinking with language than about thinking with images Presenting a unified theory of different types of images, such as diagrams, maps, technical drawings and photographs, Piotr Kozac argues that images provide a genuine and autonomous form of content and knowledge He puts forward a measurement-theoretic account of images as operations that measures and reveals the outcomes of measurement operations performed on a depicted situation As such, this book demonstrates that we can only understand what an image is if we truly understand the role they play in our thought processes

UK April 2023 • US April 2023 • 272 pages • 20 bw illus HB 9781350267466 • £8500 / $11500 ePub 9781350267480 • £7650 / $10578 ePdf 9781350267473 • £7650 / $10578 Bloomsbury Academic

The Philosophy of Joseph Petzoldt

From Mach's Positivism to Einstein's Relativity

Chiara Russo Krauss, Federico II University, Naples, Italy This volume is the first English resource to shed light on the philosophy of Joseph Petzoldt (1862-1929) Tracing the development of Petzoldt’s ideas, starting from his early acceptance of materialism and Kantian agnosticism, Chiara Russo Krauss presents a comprehensive reconstruction of his philosophy in the context of the German milieu She examines his attempt to develop a new philosophy following Gustav Fechner, Richard Avenarius and Ernst Mach, and sets out how Petzoldt proposed relativistic positivism as the official interpretation of Einstein’s relativity.

UK February 2023 • US February 2023 • 256 pages HB 9781350321458 • £8500 / $11500 ePub 9781350321472 • £7650 / $10578 ePdf 9781350321465 • £7650 / $10578 Bloomsbury Academic World All Languages (except Italian)

Advances in Experimental Philosophy of Action

Edited by Paul Henne, Lake Forest College, USA & Samuel Murray, Duke University, USA What is self-control? Does a person need to be conscious to act? Are delusions always irrational? Bridging the gap between philosophy and psychology, this interdisciplinary collection showcases how empirical research informs and enriches core questions in the philosophy of action Exploring issues such as truth, moral judgement, agency, consciousness and cognitive control, chapters offer an overview of the current state of research, present new empirical findings and identify where future experimental work can further advance the frontier between philosophy and psychology

UK April 2023 • US April 2023 • 288 pages HB 9781350266322 • £8500 / $11500 ePub 9781350266346 • £7650 / $10578 ePdf 9781350266339 • £7650 / $10578 Series: Advances in Experimental Philosophy • Bloomsbury Academic

Science and Representative Democracy

Experts and Citizens

Mauro Dorato, University of Rome, Italy Mauro Dorato connects the norms grounding liberal democracies and those favouring the growth of science to chart pressing debates within the philosophy of science that centre around access to knowledge, consensus, debate and decision-making Dorato argues that the advancement of science depends on an exponential process of specialization, revealing how such a process aligns with representative forms of democracies Using an opposition between pluralism and openness to doubt on the one hand, conformism and dogmatism on the other, this book reveals the obstacles to the well-functioning of both science and democracy

UK March 2023 • US March 2023 • 208 pages HB 9781350277724 • £8500 / $11500 ePub 9781350277748 • £7650 / $10578 ePdf 9781350277731 • £7650 / $10578 Bloomsbury Academic World All Languages (except Italian)

Science and Hypothesis

The Complete Text

Henri Poincaré Edited by David J. Stump, University of San Francisco, USA & Mélanie Frappier, University of King's College, Canada Translated by Mélanie Frappier, University of King's College, Canada, Andrea Smith & David J. Stump, University of San Francisco, USA Science and Hypothesis is a classic text Widely popular since its original publication in 1902, this new translation of the work in over a century features unpublished material missing from earlier editions Addressing errors introduced by Greenstreet and Halsted in their early 20th-century translations, it incorporates all the changes, corrections and additions Poincaré made over the years For philosophers of science and scientists working on problems of space, time and relativity, this is a much needed translation of a ground-breaking work

UK July 2022 • US July 2022 • 208 pages PB 9781350355576 • £3999 / $5495 Previously published in HB 9781350026773 ePub 9781350026766 • £3599 / $4945 ePdf 9781350026759 • £3599 / $4945 Bloomsbury Academic

The Problem of Plurality of Logics

Understanding the Dynamic Nature of Philosophical Logic

Pavel Arazim, Institute of Philosophy of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Czech Republic Marking a departure from traditional logical monism and also from the recent doctrine of logical pluralism, this book offers a new view of logic as dynamic and without a definite, specific shape. It examines the origins of our standard view of logic alongside Kant’s theories, the holistic view, the issue of logic’s pragmatic significance and Robert Brandom’s logical expressivism Pavel Arazim then draws on proof-theoretical approaches to present a detailed argument for a dynamic version of logical inferentialism He explores the scope, possibilities and limits of this freedom to highlight the future paths logic could take

UK March 2023 • US March 2023 • 208 pages PB 9781350258228 • £2899 / $3995 Previously published in HB 9781350146754 ePub 9781350146778 • £7650 / $10578 ePdf 9781350146761 • £7650 / $10578 Bloomsbury Academic