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  • The AI Decision Master

    Smarter, Faster, Confident Choices

    by Sam Peter Vickers ...
    Transform Your Decision-Making with the Power of AIImagine making choices with clarity, confidence, and speed like never before. This book invites you to step into a new era where artificial intelligence becomes your trusted ally in every critical decision. Drawing on cutting-edge insights and real-world applications, it reveals how AI tools–especially popular platforms like ChatGPT–can ... Read more

    $8.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Identifying Future-Proof Science

    by Peter Vickers ...
    Is science getting at the truth? The sceptics - those who spread doubt about science - often employ a simple argument: scientists were 'sure' in the past, and then they ended up being wrong. Through a combination of historical investigation and philosophical-sociological analysis, Identifying Future-Proof Science defends science against this potentially dangerous scepticism. Indeed, we can ... Read more

    $36.89 USD

  • Contemporary Scientific Realism

    The Challenge from the History of Science

    Edited by Timothy D. Lyons, Peter Vickers ...
    Scientific realists claim we can justifiably believe that science is getting at the truth. However, they have faced historical challenges: various episodes across history appear to demonstrate that even strongly supported scientific theories can be overturned and left behind. In response, realists have developed new positions and arguments. As a result of specific challenges from the history of ... Read more

    $100.79 USD

  • Developing a Healthcare Research Proposal

    An Interactive Student Guide

    by Maxine Offredy, Peter Vickers ...
    Are you new to research and daunted by the idea of constructing your own research proposal? Then this is the book you need!This book and accompanying web resource will answer all your questions about healthcare research by introducing you to the concepts, theories and practicalities surrounding it. The aim of both the book and the web resource is to help you to write a good healthcare research ... Read more

    $38.00 USD

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  • Information and the Nature of Reality

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  • Philosophy of Science: Teach Yourself

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  • Essays in the Philosophy of Chemistry

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  • Thought Experiments in Science, Philosophy, and the Arts

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  • God and Design

    The Teleological Argument and Modern Science

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