Books by Brian Ellis

"Brian Ellis' poems make me want to set fire to my house and run out of the flaming door, through the streets, the fields, up the buildings and across the moon."-Anis Mojgani, author"...every turn and sudden stop is a satisfying lurch in the direction of growing up."- Simone Beaubien, The Boston Poetry SlamHis words shiver, babble, rant and constantly threaten to fall apart under the weight of their own gravity. Ellis' colorful voice is a strong addition to the Boston spoken word tradition. A second-hand microscope examining the fuzzy science of survival, Uncontrolled Experiments in Freedom is a manic and shimmering author at his creative zenith. Filled with tangentially familiar characters-family misremembered, or friends still to be met-all delivered with deft eloquence, frank eye for unlikely detail, and inescapable sense of punk nostalgia.

The nature of measurement is a topic of central concern in the philosophy of science and, indeed, measurement is the essential link between science and mathematics. Professor Ellis's book, originally published in 1966, was the first general exposition of the philosophical and logical principles involved in measurement since 1931.

Provides a general summation of, and introduction to, the essentialist position. This title exposes the philosophical and scientific credentials of the prevailing Humean metaphysic as less than compelling and makes the case for essentialism as an alternative metaphysical perspective in lucid and unambiguous terms.

Demonstrates that the original arguments that led to scientific realism may be deployed more widely than they originally were to fill out a more complete picture of what there is. This book shows that realistic theories of quantum mechanics, time, causality and human freedom can all be developed satisfactorily.