Striving to re-direct the philosophy of science, this controversial book examines the role of science in shaping our lives.

But in this new work, the author goes far beyond that earlier book in studying places at which the practice of science fails to answer social needs.

ect, Philip Kitcher takes readers into the heart of the revolution in genetic research today and raises important philosophical questions about its impact on ethical, legal, and political issues, now and in the future.

What's the use of philosophy?

Beginning from an outline of classical views in philosophy of science, this text attempts to understand the notions of scientific progress, scientific objectivity, and the growth of knowledge.

Why does this debate continue to rage given that the scientific concensus in favour of Darwin is overwhelming? This text seeks to answer this question.

The book begins with a concise introduction to evolutionary theory for non-scientists and closes with a rebuttal of the charge that this theory undermines religious and moral values.

The book's title refers to Gregor Mendel, an Augustinian monk who was one of the first scientists to develop a theory of heredity.

This inaugural volume in the Munich Lectures in Ethics series presents lectures by noted philosopher Philip Kitcher.

Our human values, Kitcher shows, can be understood not as a final system but as a project-the ethical project-in which our species has engaged for most of its history, and which has been central to who we are.