Introduction to the Philosophy of Science - Softcover

O'Hear, Anthony

 
9780198248132: Introduction to the Philosophy of Science
Softcover
ISBN 10: 019824813X ISBN 13: 9780198248132
Verlag: Oxford University Press, 1990

Inhaltsangabe

This book is a balanced and up-to-date introduction to the philosophy of science. It covers all the main topics in the area, as well as introducing the student to the moral and social reality of science. The author's style is free from jargon, and although he makes use of scientific examples, these should be intelligible to those without much scientific background. At the same time the questions he raises are not merely abstract, so the book will be of interest and concern to scientists as well as philosophers.

The author discusses the growth of knowledge of science, the status of scientific theories and their relationship to observational data, the extent to which scientific theories rest on unprovable paradigms, and the nature of scientific explanations. In later chapters he considers probability, scientific reductionism, the relationship between science and technology, and the relationship between scientific and other values.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Anthony O'Hear is professor of philosophy at the University of Buckingham, UK. He was director of the Royal Institute of Philosophy and editor of its journal Philosophy for twenty-five years. In 2018 he was appointed OBE for his services to education.

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This book is a balanced and up-to-date introduction to the philosophy of science. It covers all the main topics within the area, as well as helping the student to consider the wider moral and social reality of science.

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Verlag
Oxford University Press
Erscheinungsdatum
1990
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
019824813X
ISBN 13 
9780198248132
Einband
Taschenbuch
Auflage
1
Anzahl der Seiten
256
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