Brendan Shea's votes on the list History and Philosophy of Science

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1	The Structure of Scientific Revolutions by Thomas S. Kuhn 4.03 avg rating — 29,701 ratings Brendan Shea rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
2	An Introduction to the Philosophy of Science by Rudolf Carnap 4.24 avg rating — 164 ratings Brendan Shea rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
3	The Dappled World: A Study of the Boundaries of Science by Nancy Cartwright 3.93 avg rating — 56 ratings Brendan Shea added it See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
4	What Is This Thing Called Science? by Alan F. Chalmers 3.80 avg rating — 2,252 ratings Brendan Shea added it See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
5	A Historical Introduction to the Philosophy of Science, 4th Edition by John Losee 3.60 avg rating — 121 ratings Brendan Shea rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
6	Timaeus by Plato 3.85 avg rating — 3,320 ratings Brendan Shea rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
7	Physics by Aristotle 3.98 avg rating — 4,413 ratings Brendan Shea rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
8	Discourse on Method by René Descartes 3.72 avg rating — 25,089 ratings Brendan Shea rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
9	The Leibniz-Clarke Correspondence: With extracts from Newton's 'Principia' and 'Optiks' by Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz 3.99 avg rating — 136 ratings Brendan Shea added it See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
10	The Origin of Species by Charles Darwin 4.01 avg rating — 121,434 ratings Brendan Shea rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
11	Relativity: The Special and the General Theory by Albert Einstein 4.20 avg rating — 22,935 ratings Brendan Shea added it See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
12	Space from Zeno to Einstein: Classic Readings with a Contemporary Commentary by Nick Huggett (editor) 4.09 avg rating — 64 ratings Brendan Shea added it See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
13	Einstein's Clocks, Poincaré's Maps: Empires of Time by Peter Galison 3.88 avg rating — 626 ratings Brendan Shea rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
14	Einstein: His Life and Universe by Walter Isaacson (Goodreads Author) 4.17 avg rating — 200,914 ratings Brendan Shea rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
15	The Ancestor's Tale: A Pilgrimage to the Dawn of Evolution by Richard Dawkins (Goodreads Author) 4.15 avg rating — 28,642 ratings Brendan Shea rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
16	Why People Believe Weird Things: Pseudoscience, Superstition, and Other Confusions of Our Time by Michael Shermer 3.86 avg rating — 9,977 ratings Brendan Shea added it See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
17	Philosophy Of Physics (Dimensions of Philosophy Series) by Lawrence Sklar 3.62 avg rating — 39 ratings Brendan Shea rated it 3 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
18	Nature's Metaphysics: Laws and Properties by Alexander Bird 3.69 avg rating — 16 ratings Brendan Shea added it See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
19	From Eternity to Here: The Quest for the Ultimate Theory of Time by Sean Carroll (Goodreads Author) 4.06 avg rating — 6,839 ratings Brendan Shea rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
20	A Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawking 4.21 avg rating — 475,296 ratings Brendan Shea rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
21	Time by Jonathan Westphal (Editor) 4.26 avg rating — 19 ratings Brendan Shea added it See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
22	The New Organon by Francis Bacon 3.68 avg rating — 1,767 ratings Brendan Shea added it See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
23	Laws and Symmetry by Bas C. Van Fraassen 3.83 avg rating — 23 ratings Brendan Shea rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
24	Natural Laws in Scientific Practice by Marc Lange 4.60 avg rating — 5 ratings Brendan Shea rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
25	Laws of Nature by John W. Carroll 4.50 avg rating — 6 ratings Brendan Shea rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
26	The Road to Reality: A Complete Guide to the Laws of the Universe by Roger Penrose 4.16 avg rating — 8,443 ratings Brendan Shea rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
27	The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer by Siddhartha Mukherjee 4.34 avg rating — 113,309 ratings Brendan Shea rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
28	Word and Object by Willard Van Orman Quine 4.01 avg rating — 1,745 ratings Brendan Shea rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
29	The Universe in a Nutshell by Stephen Hawking 4.19 avg rating — 45,147 ratings Brendan Shea rated it 3 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
30	The Principia : Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy by Isaac Newton 4.24 avg rating — 4,809 ratings Brendan Shea added it See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
31	The Character of Physical Law by Richard P. Feynman 4.30 avg rating — 7,787 ratings Brendan Shea rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
32	Darwin's Dangerous Idea: Evolution and the Meanings of Life by Daniel C. Dennett 4.07 avg rating — 16,969 ratings Brendan Shea rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
33	Scientific Reasoning: The Bayesian Approach by Colin Howson 3.67 avg rating — 43 ratings Brendan Shea rated it 3 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
34	Understanding Scientific Reasoning by Ronald N. Giere 3.47 avg rating — 32 ratings Brendan Shea added it See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
35	An Introduction to Probability and Inductive Logic by Ian Hacking 3.80 avg rating — 167 ratings Brendan Shea rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
36	Unweaving the Rainbow: Science, Delusion and the Appetite for Wonder by Richard Dawkins (Goodreads Author) 4.01 avg rating — 11,472 ratings Brendan Shea rated it 3 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
37	The Blind Watchmaker: Why the Evidence of Evolution Reveals a Universe without Design by Richard Dawkins (Goodreads Author) 4.09 avg rating — 41,574 ratings Brendan Shea rated it 3 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
38	The Demon Under the Microscope: From Battlefield Hospitals to Nazi Labs, One Doctor's Heroic Search for the World's First Miracle Drug by Thomas Hager (Goodreads Author) 4.10 avg rating — 5,859 ratings Brendan Shea rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
39	The Signal and the Noise: Why So Many Predictions Fail—But Some Don't by Nate Silver 3.97 avg rating — 52,259 ratings Brendan Shea rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
40	Making Things Happen: A Theory of Causal Explanation by James Woodward 3.86 avg rating — 43 ratings Brendan Shea rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
41	From a Logical Point of View: Nine Logico-Philosophical Essays by Willard Van Orman Quine 4.14 avg rating — 1,221 ratings Brendan Shea rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
42	Causation and Explanation by Stathis Psillos 4.22 avg rating — 18 ratings Brendan Shea rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
43	How the Laws of Physics Lie by Nancy Cartwright 3.96 avg rating — 72 ratings Brendan Shea added it See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
44	What is a Law of Nature? by D.M. Armstrong 3.65 avg rating — 26 ratings Brendan Shea rated it 3 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
45	Readings On Laws Of Nature by John W. Carroll liked it 3.00 avg rating — 2 ratings Brendan Shea added it See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
46	An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding: with Hume's Abstract of A Treatise of Human Nature and A Letter from a Gentleman to His Friend in Edinburgh by David Hume 3.83 avg rating — 939 ratings Brendan Shea rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
47	Guns, Germs and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies by Jared Diamond 4.04 avg rating — 453,336 ratings Brendan Shea rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
48	Reason, Truth and History by Hilary Putnam 3.87 avg rating — 312 ratings Brendan Shea rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
49	On Aggression by Konrad Lorenz 4.04 avg rating — 1,680 ratings Brendan Shea rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
50	Language, Truth and Logic by Alfred Jules Ayer 3.75 avg rating — 4,220 ratings Brendan Shea rated it 3 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
51	Historical Ontology by Hacking 3.86 avg rating — 112 ratings Brendan Shea rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
52	Fact, Fiction, and Forecast by Nelson Goodman really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 195 ratings Brendan Shea rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
53	Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions by Edwin A. Abbott 3.81 avg rating — 76,986 ratings Brendan Shea rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
54	The Law-Governed Universe by John T. Roberts liked it 3.00 avg rating — 2 ratings Brendan Shea rated it 3 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars