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Dennett's Real Patterns in Science and Nature

Edited by Tyler Millhouse, Steve Petersen and Don Ross

ISBN: 9780262052030

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: March 31, 2026

How the concept of a pattern, as understood in information science and applied in contemporary AI, can address deep questions in science and philosophy.

The Credibility Crisis in Science

Tweaksters, Fraudsters, and the Manipulation of Empirical Results

by Thomas Plümper and Eric Neumayer

ISBN: 9780262051279

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: March 17, 2026

A novel perspective on scientific fraud—how undisclosed “tweaks” to research designs and model specifications fuel the credibility crisis in science.

Robophilosophy

Philosophy of, for, and by Social Robotics

Edited by Johanna Seibt, Raul Hakli and Marco Norskov

ISBN: 9780262044981

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: January 13, 2026

A comprehensive introduction to robophilosophy, the new field that explores the deep and far-reaching implications of social robotics.

The Idealized Mind

From Model-Based Science to Cognitive Science

by Michael D. Kirchhoff

ISBN: 9780262552936

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: August 5, 2025

A defense of scientific realism based on the role of idealization in the cognitive sciences.

Methods in the Philosophy of Science

A User's Guide

Edited by Sophie J. Veigl and Adrian Currie

ISBN: 9780262552240

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: July 15, 2025

A guidebook to methods and methodology, encouraging deeper engagement across the philosophy of science and beyond.

Geniuses, Heroes, and Saints

The Nobel Prize and the Public Image of Science

by Massimiano Bucchi

Translated by Tania Aragona

ISBN: 9780262551847

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: May 13, 2025

A rich account of the world's leading science prize told through the lives it has changed, the controversies it has generated, and the impact it has made on the public.

Principles of Biological Autonomy, a new annotated edition

Principles of Biological Autonomy

by Francisco J. Varela

Foreword by Amy Cohen Varela

Edited by Ezequiel A. Di Paolo and Evan Thompson

ISBN: 9780262551403

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: May 13, 2025

A new, updated edition of the 1979 classic from one of the foremost authors in cognitive science and theoretical biology, with the original text as well as more than 200 citations to current scientific developments.

The Theory of Deliberative Wisdom

by Eric Racine

ISBN: 9780262551618

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: May 13, 2025

From a leading ethicist, a workable and inspiring model of ethics, showing not only why ethics matters but also how it can be used to improve human welfare.