Philosophy of Science (2nd Edition)
A Very Short Introduction
カートのアイテムが多すぎます
カートに追加できませんでした。
ウィッシュリストに追加できませんでした。
ほしい物リストの削除に失敗しました。
ポッドキャストのフォローに失敗しました
ポッドキャストのフォロー解除に失敗しました
Audible会員プラン 無料体験
-
ナレーター:
-
Liam Gerrard
-
著者:
-
Samir Okasha
このコンテンツについて
How much faith should we place in what scientists tell us? Is it possible for scientific knowledge to be fully "objective"? What, really, can be defined as science? In the second edition of this very short introduction, Samir Okasha explores the main themes and theories of contemporary philosophy of science and investigates fascinating, challenging questions such as these.
Starting at the very beginning, with a concise overview of the history of science, Okasha examines the nature of fundamental practices such as reasoning, causation, and explanation. Looking at scientific revolutions and the issue of scientific change, he asks whether there is a discernible pattern to the way scientific ideas change over time, and discusses realist versus anti-realist attitudes towards science. He finishes by considering science today, and the social and ethical philosophical questions surrounding modern science.
©2002, 2016 Samir Okasha (P)2021 Tantorこちらもおすすめ
-
Logic
- A Very Short Introduction, 2nd Edition
- 著者: Graham Priest
- ナレーター: Kyle Tait
- 再生時間: 4 時間 5 分
- 完全版
-
総合評価
-
ナレーション
-
ストーリー
Logic is often perceived as having little to do with the rest of philosophy, and even less to do with real life. In this lively and accessible introduction, Graham Priest shows how wrong this conception is. He explores the philosophical roots of the subject, explaining how modern formal logic deals with issues ranging from the existence of God and the reality of time to paradoxes of probability and decision theory. Along the way, the basics of formal logic are explained in simple, non-technical terms, showing that logic is a powerful and exciting part of modern philosophy.
著者: Graham Priest
-
Philosophical Method
- A Very Short Introduction
- 著者: Timothy Williamson
- ナレーター: Roger Clark
- 再生時間: 4 時間 50 分
- 完全版
-
総合評価
-
ナレーション
-
ストーリー
Timothy Williamson tackles some of the key questions surrounding philosophy in new and provocative ways, showing how philosophy begins in common sense curiosity, and develops through our capacity to dispute rationally with each other. Discussing philosophy's ability to clarify our thoughts, he explains why such clarification depends on the development of philosophical theories, and how those theories can be tested by imaginative thought experiments, and compared against each other by standards similar to those used in the natural and social sciences.
-
Quantum Theory
- A Very Short Introduction
- 著者: John Polkinghorne
- ナレーター: Dennis Holland
- 再生時間: 3 時間 35 分
- 完全版
-
総合評価
-
ナレーション
-
ストーリー
Quantum theory is the most revolutionary discovery in physics since Newton. This book gives a lucid, exciting, and accessible account of the surprising and counterintuitive ideas that shape our understanding of the sub-atomic world. It does not disguise the problems of interpretation that still remain unsettled 75 years after the initial discoveries. Uncertainty, probabilistic physics, complementarity, the problematic character of measurement, and decoherence are among the many topics discussed.
-
Consciousness, 2nd Edition
- A Very Short Introduction
- 著者: Susan Blackmore
- ナレーター: Zehra Jane Naqvi
- 再生時間: 4 時間 35 分
- 完全版
-
総合評価
-
ナレーション
-
ストーリー
Exciting new developments in brain science are continuing the debates on these issues, and the field has now expanded to include biologists, neuroscientists, psychologists, and philosophers. This controversial book clarifies the potentially confusing arguments, and the major theories, while also outlining the amazing pace of discoveries in neuroscience. Covering areas such as the construction of self in the brain, mechanisms of attention, the neural correlates of consciousness, and the physiology of altered states of consciousness, Susan Blackmore highlights our latest findings.
著者: Susan Blackmore
-
The Laws of Thermodynamics
- A Very Short Introduction
- 著者: Peter Atkins
- ナレーター: Nick Sullivan
- 再生時間: 3 時間 31 分
- 完全版
-
総合評価
-
ナレーション
-
ストーリー
The laws of thermodynamics drive everything that happens in the universe. From the sudden expansion of a cloud of gas to the cooling of hot metal - everything is moved or restrained by four simple laws. This powerful and compact introduction explains what these four laws are and how they work, using accessible language and virtually no mathematics.
著者: Peter Atkins
-
Ancient Philosophy
- A Very Short Introduction
- 著者: Julia Annas
- ナレーター: Pamela Gold
- 再生時間: 3 時間 45 分
- 完全版
-
総合評価
-
ナレーション
-
ストーリー
The tradition of ancient philosophy is a long, rich, and varied one, in which a constant note is that of discussion and argument. This book introduces listeners to some ancient debates to engage with the ancient developments of some themes. Getting away from the presentation of ancient philosophy as a succession of Great Thinkers, the book gives listeners a sense of the freshness and liveliness of ancient philosophy and of its wide variety of themes and styles.
著者: Julia Annas
-
Logic
- A Very Short Introduction, 2nd Edition
- 著者: Graham Priest
- ナレーター: Kyle Tait
- 再生時間: 4 時間 5 分
- 完全版
-
総合評価
-
ナレーション
-
ストーリー
Logic is often perceived as having little to do with the rest of philosophy, and even less to do with real life. In this lively and accessible introduction, Graham Priest shows how wrong this conception is. He explores the philosophical roots of the subject, explaining how modern formal logic deals with issues ranging from the existence of God and the reality of time to paradoxes of probability and decision theory. Along the way, the basics of formal logic are explained in simple, non-technical terms, showing that logic is a powerful and exciting part of modern philosophy.
著者: Graham Priest
-
Philosophical Method
- A Very Short Introduction
- 著者: Timothy Williamson
- ナレーター: Roger Clark
- 再生時間: 4 時間 50 分
- 完全版
-
総合評価
-
ナレーション
-
ストーリー
Timothy Williamson tackles some of the key questions surrounding philosophy in new and provocative ways, showing how philosophy begins in common sense curiosity, and develops through our capacity to dispute rationally with each other. Discussing philosophy's ability to clarify our thoughts, he explains why such clarification depends on the development of philosophical theories, and how those theories can be tested by imaginative thought experiments, and compared against each other by standards similar to those used in the natural and social sciences.
-
Quantum Theory
- A Very Short Introduction
- 著者: John Polkinghorne
- ナレーター: Dennis Holland
- 再生時間: 3 時間 35 分
- 完全版
-
総合評価
-
ナレーション
-
ストーリー
Quantum theory is the most revolutionary discovery in physics since Newton. This book gives a lucid, exciting, and accessible account of the surprising and counterintuitive ideas that shape our understanding of the sub-atomic world. It does not disguise the problems of interpretation that still remain unsettled 75 years after the initial discoveries. Uncertainty, probabilistic physics, complementarity, the problematic character of measurement, and decoherence are among the many topics discussed.
-
Consciousness, 2nd Edition
- A Very Short Introduction
- 著者: Susan Blackmore
- ナレーター: Zehra Jane Naqvi
- 再生時間: 4 時間 35 分
- 完全版
-
総合評価
-
ナレーション
-
ストーリー
Exciting new developments in brain science are continuing the debates on these issues, and the field has now expanded to include biologists, neuroscientists, psychologists, and philosophers. This controversial book clarifies the potentially confusing arguments, and the major theories, while also outlining the amazing pace of discoveries in neuroscience. Covering areas such as the construction of self in the brain, mechanisms of attention, the neural correlates of consciousness, and the physiology of altered states of consciousness, Susan Blackmore highlights our latest findings.
著者: Susan Blackmore
-
The Laws of Thermodynamics
- A Very Short Introduction
- 著者: Peter Atkins
- ナレーター: Nick Sullivan
- 再生時間: 3 時間 31 分
- 完全版
-
総合評価
-
ナレーション
-
ストーリー
The laws of thermodynamics drive everything that happens in the universe. From the sudden expansion of a cloud of gas to the cooling of hot metal - everything is moved or restrained by four simple laws. This powerful and compact introduction explains what these four laws are and how they work, using accessible language and virtually no mathematics.
著者: Peter Atkins
-
Ancient Philosophy
- A Very Short Introduction
- 著者: Julia Annas
- ナレーター: Pamela Gold
- 再生時間: 3 時間 45 分
- 完全版
-
総合評価
-
ナレーション
-
ストーリー
The tradition of ancient philosophy is a long, rich, and varied one, in which a constant note is that of discussion and argument. This book introduces listeners to some ancient debates to engage with the ancient developments of some themes. Getting away from the presentation of ancient philosophy as a succession of Great Thinkers, the book gives listeners a sense of the freshness and liveliness of ancient philosophy and of its wide variety of themes and styles.
著者: Julia Annas
-
A Little History of the World
- 著者: E. H. Gombrich
- ナレーター: Ralph Cosham
- 再生時間: 9 時間 11 分
- 完全版
-
総合評価
-
ナレーション
-
ストーリー
E. H. Gombrich's world history, an international best seller now available in English for the first time, is a text dominated not by dates and facts but by the sweep of experience across the centuries, a guide to humanity's achievements, and an acute witness to its frailties.
-
-
Essential world history
- 投稿者: シンプルイングリッシュの村上博昭 日付: 2022/11/26
著者: E. H. Gombrich
-
The History of Medicine
- A Very Short Introduction
- 著者: William Bynum
- ナレーター: Jonathan Cowley
- 再生時間: 5 時間 8 分
- 完全版
-
総合評価
-
ナレーション
-
ストーリー
Taking a thematic rather than strictly chronological approach, W. F. Bynum, explores the key turning points in the history of Western medicine - such as the first surgical procedures, the advent of hospitals, the introduction of anesthesia, X-Rays, vaccinations, and many other innovations, as well as the rise of experimental medicine. The book also explores Western medicine's encounters with Chinese and Indian medicine, as well as nontraditional treatments such as homeopathy, chiropractic, and other alternative medicines.
著者: William Bynum
-
The Book of Why
- The New Science of Cause and Effect
- 著者: Judea Pearl, Dana Mackenzie
- ナレーター: Mel Foster
- 再生時間: 15 時間 14 分
- 完全版
-
総合評価
-
ナレーション
-
ストーリー
"Correlation does not imply causation". This mantra has been invoked by scientists for decades and has led to a virtual prohibition on causal talk. But today, that taboo is dead. The causal revolution, sparked by Judea Pearl and his colleagues, has cut through a century of confusion and placed causality - the study of cause and effect - on a firm scientific basis.
著者: Judea Pearl, 、その他
-
Poverty
- A Very Short Introduction
- 著者: Philip N. Jefferson
- ナレーター: Leon Nixon
- 再生時間: 4 時間 30 分
- 完全版
-
総合評価
-
ナレーション
-
ストーリー
In this Very Short Introduction, Philip N. Jefferson explores how the answers to these questions lie in the social, political, economic, educational, and technological processes that impact all of us throughout our lives. The degree of vulnerability is all that differentiates us. He shows how a person's level of vulnerability to adverse changes in their life is very much dependent on the circumstances of their birth, including where their family lived, whether it was peacetime or wartime, whether they had access to clean water, and whether they are male or female.
-
Education
- A Very Short Introduction
- 著者: Gary Thomas
- ナレーター: Chris Reilly
- 再生時間: 5 時間 9 分
- 完全版
-
総合評価
-
ナレーション
-
ストーリー
Since the early Egyptians, human beings have formalized the business of learning, setting up a designated environment of some form to pass knowledge and learning on to groups of students. In this second edition of his Very Short Introduction, Gary Thomas explores how and why education has evolved as it has, examining the ways in which it has responded over the centuries to various influences in politics, philosophy, and the social sciences.
著者: Gary Thomas
-
Descartes
- A Very Short Introduction
- 著者: Tom Sorell
- ナレーター: Barbara Edelman
- 再生時間: 3 時間 36 分
- 完全版
-
総合評価
-
ナレーション
-
ストーリー
Descartes is perhaps best known for his statement, "Cogito, ergo sum," the cornerstone of his metaphysics. But he did not intend the metaphysics to stand apart from his scientific work, which included important investigations into physics, mathematics, and optics. In this book, Sorell shows that Descarates was, above all, an advocate and practitioner of the new mathematical approach to physics, and that he developed his philosophies to support his discoveries in the sciences.
著者: Tom Sorell
-
Scepticism
- A Very Short Introduction
- 著者: Duncan Pritchard
- ナレーター: Dennis Kleinman
- 再生時間: 3 時間 47 分
- 完全版
-
総合評価
-
ナレーション
-
ストーリー
Throughout history scepticism and the urge to question accepted truths has been a powerful force for change and growth. Today, as we are bombarded by adverts, scientific studies praising the latest superfoods, and political rhetoric, a healthy amount of scepticism is widely encouraged. But when is such scepticism legitimate - for example, as a driver of new ideas - and when is it problematic? And what role might adopting a sceptical outlook play in leading an intellectually virtuous life?
著者: Duncan Pritchard
-
The Roman Republic
- A Very Short Introduction
- 著者: David M. Gwynn
- ナレーター: Paul Woodson
- 再生時間: 4 時間 23 分
- 完全版
-
総合評価
-
ナレーション
-
ストーリー
The rise and fall of the Roman Republic occupies a special place in the history of Western civilization. From humble beginnings on the seven hills beside the Tiber, the city of Rome grew to dominate the ancient Mediterranean. Led by her senatorial aristocracy, Republican armies defeated Carthage and the successor kingdoms of Alexander the Great, and brought the surrounding peoples to east and west into the Roman sphere. Yet the triumph of the Republic was also its tragedy.
著者: David M. Gwynn
-
How Emotions Are Made
- The Secret Life of the Brain
- 著者: Lisa Feldman Barrett
- ナレーター: Cassandra Campbell
- 再生時間: 14 時間 32 分
- 完全版
-
総合評価
-
ナレーション
-
ストーリー
The science of emotion is in the midst of a revolution on par with the discovery of relativity in physics and natural selection in biology. Leading the charge is psychologist and neuroscientist Lisa Feldman Barrett, whose research overturns the long-standing belief that emotions are automatic, universal, and hardwired in different brain regions. Instead, Barrett shows, we construct each instance of emotion through a unique interplay of brain, body, and culture.
-
-
Understanding the origins of emotion
- 投稿者: Veno 日付: 2022/06/09
-
Kant
- A Very Short Introduction
- 著者: Roger Scruton
- ナレーター: Kyle Munley
- 再生時間: 5 時間 17 分
- 完全版
-
総合評価
-
ナレーション
-
ストーリー
Kant is arguably the most influential modern philosopher, but also one of the most difficult. Roger Scruton tackles his exceptionally complex subject with a strong hand, exploring the background to Kant's work and showing why the Critique of Pure Reason has proved so enduring.
著者: Roger Scruton
-
Existentialism
- A Very Short Introduction
- 著者: Thomas Flynn
- ナレーター: Jay Snyder
- 再生時間: 4 時間 52 分
- 完全版
-
総合評価
-
ナレーション
-
ストーリー
One of the leading philosophical movements of the 20th century, existentialism has had more impact on literature and the arts than any other school of thought. Focusing on the leading figures of existentialism, including Sartre, Nietzsche, Heidegger, Kierkegaard, de Beauvoir, Merleau-Ponty, and Camus, Thomas Flynn offers a concise account of existentialism, explaining the key themes of individuality, free will, and personal responsibility, which marked the movement as a way of life, not just a way of thinking.
著者: Thomas Flynn
-
Human Rights, 2nd Edition
- A Very Short Introduction
- 著者: Andrew Clapham
- ナレーター: Peter Lerman
- 再生時間: 5 時間 36 分
- 完全版
-
総合評価
-
ナレーション
-
ストーリー
Today, it is usually not long before a problem gets expressed as a human rights issue. Indeed, human rights law continues to gain increasing attention internationally, and must move quickly in order to keep up with a social world that changes so rapidly. This Very Short Introduction title, in its second edition, brings the issue of human rights up to date, considering the current controversies surrounding the movement.
著者: Andrew Clapham
-
Philosophy of Physics
- A Very Short Introduction
- 著者: David Wallace
- ナレーター: Walter Dixon
- 再生時間: 4 時間 32 分
- 完全版
-
総合評価
-
ナレーション
-
ストーリー
Philosophy of Physics is concerned with the deepest theories of modern physics - notably quantum theory, our theories of space, time and symmetry, and thermal physics - and their strange, even bizarre conceptual implications. A deeper understanding of these theories helps both physics, through pointing the way to new theories and new applications, and philosophy, through seeing how our worldview has to change in the light of what we learn from physics.
著者: David Wallace
-
Hume
- A Very Short Introduction
- 著者: James A. Harris
- ナレーター: Julian Elfer
- 再生時間: 3 時間 15 分
- 完全版
-
総合評価
-
ナレーション
-
ストーリー
David Hume, philosopher, historian, economist, librarian, and essayist, was one of the great figures of the European Enlightenment. Unlike some of his famous contemporaries, however, he was not dogmatically committed to idealized conceptions of reason, liberty, and progress.
著者: James A. Harris
-
Sociology, 2nd Edition
- A Very Short Introduction
- 著者: Steve Bruce
- ナレーター: John Lee
- 再生時間: 3 時間 50 分
- 完全版
-
総合評価
-
ナレーション
-
ストーリー
In this new edition, Steve Bruce discusses the continuing arguments for social egalitarianism, considering issues such as gay marriage, women in combat roles, and the 2010 Equality Act to debunk contemporary arguments against parity. As gender divisions are increasingly questioned, he looks ahead to the likely consequences of this for society.
著者: Steve Bruce
-
Capitalism, 2nd Edition
- A Very Short Introduction
- 著者: James Fulcher
- ナレーター: Julian Elfer, Jennifer Van Dyck
- 再生時間: 3 時間 48 分
- 完全版
-
総合評価
-
ナレーション
-
ストーリー
The word capitalism is one that is heard and used frequently, but what is capitalism really all about, and what does it mean? This Very Short Introduction audiobook addresses questions such as, "what is capital?" before discussing the history and development of capitalism through several detailed case studies, ranging from the tulipomania of 17th-century Holland, the Great Depression of the 1930s, and, in this new edition, the impact of the global financial crisis that started in 2007-08.
著者: James Fulcher
-
Globalization (5th Edition)
- A Very Short Introduction
- 著者: Manfred B. Steger
- ナレーター: Rachael Beresford
- 再生時間: 4 時間 57 分
- 完全版
-
総合評価
-
ナレーション
-
ストーリー
In the fifth edition of his best-selling Very Short Introduction work, Manfred B. Steger considers the major dimensions of globalization: economic, political, cultural, ideological, and ecological. He looks at its causes and effects, and engages with the hotly contested question of whether globalization is, ultimately, a good or a bad thing.
-
Economics
- A Very Short Introduction
- 著者: Partha Dasgupta
- ナレーター: Gayle Hendrix
- 再生時間: 6 時間 44 分
- 完全版
-
総合評価
-
ナレーション
-
ストーリー
Economics has the capacity to offer us deep insights into some of the most formidable problems of life and offer solutions to them, too. Combining a global approach with examples from everyday life, Partha Dasgupta describes the lives of two children who live very different lives in different parts of the world: the Midwest USA and in Ethiopia. He compares the obstacles facing them and the processes that shape their lives, their families, and their futures. He shows how economics uncovers these processes, finds explanations for them, and how it forms policies and solutions.
著者: Partha Dasgupta
-
Philosophy
- A Very Short Introduction
- 著者: Edward Craig
- ナレーター: Maurice West
- 再生時間: 3 時間 33 分
- 簡易版
-
総合評価
-
ナレーション
-
ストーリー
This lively and engaging book is the ideal introduction for anyone who has ever been puzzled by what philosophy is or what it is for. Edward Craig argues that philosophy is not an activity born from another planet; learning about it is just a matter of broadening and deepening what most of us do already. He shows that philosophy is no mere intellectual pastime.
著者: Edward Craig
-
Ethics (2nd Edition)
- A Very Short Introduction
- 著者: Simon Blackburn
- ナレーター: Michael Butler Murray
- 再生時間: 3 時間 46 分
- 完全版
-
総合評価
-
ナレーション
-
ストーリー
This second edition of the Very Short Introduction on ethics has revised and updated aspects of the original to reflect changing times and mores. It highlights the importance of an understanding of approaches to ethics and its foundations, confronted as we are with a fluid and uncertain world of eroding trust, swirling conspiracy theories, and a dismaying loss of respect in public discourse.
著者: Simon Blackburn
-
生成AIスキルとしての言語学
- 著者: 佐野 大樹
- ナレーター: 岩見 聖次
- 再生時間: 6 時間 35 分
- 完全版
-
総合評価
-
ナレーション
-
ストーリー
言語学を学べば、生成AIの底力を縦横無尽に引き出せる!生成AI開発に従事する言語学者が明かす人間のあらゆる能力を拡張していくビジネス教養
-
-
audible向きではないかもしれない。
- 投稿者: Mr.天邪鬼 日付: 2024/09/30
著者: 佐野 大樹
-
Idioms in English, Volume 1
- 著者: Kathy L. Hans
- ナレーター: Kathy L. Hans
- 再生時間: 52 分
- オリジナル版
-
総合評価
-
ナレーション
-
ストーリー
An idiom is a group of words with a special meaning of its own that is not clear from the meanings of the individual words. Idioms such as "think out of the box" and "a long shot" are used extensively in English in e-mail, newspapers, and conversations. When you don't understand idioms, you can feel left out of a conversation or miss the point of a story. This audiobook focuses on 100 frequently used idioms.
-
-
リスニングスキルの確認に有用
- 投稿者: わずー 日付: 2024/10/31
著者: Kathy L. Hans
-
ミクロ経済学入門の入門
- 著者: 坂井 豊貴
- ナレーター: 柴野 嵩大
- 再生時間: 3 時間 38 分
- 完全版
-
総合評価
-
ナレーション
-
ストーリー
ミクロ経済学はつまずきの石だ.無差別曲線,限界効用,ナッシュ均衡,…….ミクロの迷宮に落ち込んだら最後,入門書すら歯が立たなくなる.
-
-
間違いなく入門の入門。であれば悪くない
- 投稿者: T.Shoichi 日付: 2023/01/26
著者: 坂井 豊貴
-
Geology
- A Very Short Introduction
- 著者: Jan Zalasiewicz
- ナレーター: Eric Martin
- 再生時間: 4 時間 15 分
- 完全版
-
総合評価
-
ナレーション
-
ストーリー
In this Very Short Introduction audiobook, Jan Zalasiewicz gives a brief introduction to the fascinating field of geology. Describing how the science developed from its early beginnings, he looks at some of the key discoveries that have transformed it before delving into its various subfields, such as sedimentology, tectonics, and stratigraphy.
著者: Jan Zalasiewicz