Ockham's razor, the principle of parsimony, states that simpler theories are better than theories...

This book uses philosophy, science and probability to analyse why simpler theories are better tha...

Writtten in an engaging lecture-style format, this 8th edition of Core Questions in Philosophy sh...

A guide to some of the developments that have occurred in the philosophy of biology. Covering suc...

Professor Sober shows how the worlds of philosophical and biological inquiry are interrelated.

These essays by leading scientists and philosophers address conceptual issues that arise in the t...

Explores the design arguments for the existence of God.

Perhaps because of it implications for our understanding of human nature, recent philosophy of bi...

Elliott Sober explores how the concept of evidence applies to creationism, natural selection and ...

Elliott Sober explores how the concept of evidence applies to creationism, natural selection and ...

Reconstructing the Past seeks to clarify and help resolve the vexing methodological issues that a...

Writtten in an engaging lecture-style format, this 8th edition of¿Core Questions in Philosophy sh...

Reconstructing Marxism explores fundamental questions about the structure of Marxist theory and i...

Attempts to show that the simplicity of a hypothesis can be measured by attending to how well it ...

Is it accurate to label Darwin's theory 'the theory of evolution by natural selection,' given tha...

'Fitness, natural selection, common ancestry, mutation, chance, taxonomy, and adaptation are cent...

'Fitness, natural selection, common ancestry, mutation, chance, taxonomy, and adaptation are cent...