Joseph C. Pitt is Professor of Philosophy and of Science and Technology Studies at Virginia Tech, where he has taught since 1971. He is the author of four books, edited or co-edited twelve additional volumes and published over 100 articles and book reviews. He and his wife, Donna, live on their Virginia farm, Calyddon, where they raise horses and Irish Wolfhounds.
15 Ebooks by Joseph C. Pitt
Joseph C. Pitt: Doing Philosophy of Technology
As science becomes more deeply embedded in a complex technological infrastructure, has this changed the relationship between the sciences and the various technologies that support them? As our techno …
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Joseph C. Pitt: Theories of Explanation
Since the publication of Carl Hempel and Paul Oppenheim’s ground-breaking work "Studies in the Logic of Explanation, " the theory of explanation has remained a major topic in the philosophy …
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€37.57
Joseph C. Pitt & Ashley Shew: Spaces for the Future
Focused on mapping out contemporary and future domains in philosophy of technology, this volume serves as an excellent, forward-looking resource in the field and in cognate areas of study. The 32 …
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E.F. Byrne & Joseph C. Pitt: Technological Transformation
The philosophical study of technology has acquired only recently a voice in academic conversation. This situation is due, in part, to the fact that technology obviously impacts on "the real …
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€56.36
Marcello Pera & Joseph C. Pitt: Rational Changes in Science
THE PROBLEMS OF SCIENTIFIC RATIONALITY Fashion is a fickle mistress. Only yesterday scientific rationality enjoyed considerable attention, consideration, and even reverence among phi- losophers; …
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Joseph C. Pitt: Philosophy in Economics
The essays in this volume are the result of a workshop held at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in April, 1979. The assembled group was diverse, comprised of philosophers, …
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€111.56
Joseph C. Pitt: Pictures, Images, and Conceptual Change
In this essay I am concerned with the problem of conceptual change. There are, needless to say, many ways to approach the issue. But, as I see it, the problem reduces to showing how present and …
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€111.88
Robert E. Butts & Joseph C. Pitt: New Perspectives on Galileo
The essays in this volume (except for the contribution of Dr. Le Grand) are extremely revised versions of papers originally delivered at a workshop on Galileo held in Blacksburg, Virginia in October, …
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€161.57
Joseph C. Pitt: Philosophy of Wilfrid Sellars: Queries and Extensions
In early November 1976 a workshop on the Philosophy of Wilfrid Sellars was held at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in Blacks- burg, Virginia. Sponsored by the Department of …
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€160.65
Joseph C. Pitt: Galileo, Human Knowledge, and the Book of Nature
Galileo is revered as one of the founders of modern science primarily because of such discoveries as the law of falling bodies and the moons of Jupiter. In addition to his scientific achievements, …
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€56.20
Joseph C. Pitt: New Directions in the Philosophy of Technology
In this collection we finally find the philosophy of technology, a young and rapidly developing area of scholarly interest, making contact with history of science and technology, and mainstream …
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€112.11
Joseph C. Pitt: Heraclitus Redux: Technological Infrastructures and Scientific Change
Scientific change is often a function of technological innovation new instruments show us new things we could not see before and we then need new theories to explain them. One of the results of this …
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Andrew Wells Garnar & Ashley Shew: Feedback Loops
In a world of information technologies, genetic engineering, controversies about established science, and the mysteries of quantum physics, it is at once seemingly impossible and absolutely vital to …
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€43.72
Joseph C. Pitt & Ashley Shew: Spaces for the Future
Focused on mapping out contemporary and future domains in philosophy of technology, this volume serves as an excellent, forward-looking resource in the field and in cognate areas of study. The 32 …
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€54.84
