Craig Dilworth
Springer Netherlands
2e druk, 2007
9781402063275
The Metaphysics of Science
An Account of Modern Science in Terms of Principles, Laws and Theories
Specificaties
Paperback, 333 blz.
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Engels
Springer Netherlands |
2e druk, 2007
ISBN13: 9781402063275
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Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science
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Samenvatting
This book provides a clear, well-founded conception of modern science. The views advanced are not only novel, but they constitute an alternative that is superior to both the empiric-analytic and the sociology of knowledge approaches that are prevalent today. Furthermore, the book provides a resolution of the long-standing debate between empiricism and realism, and it gives a coherent view that transcends the boundaries of the professional philosophy of science.
Specificaties
ISBN13:9781402063275
Taal:Engels
Bindwijze:paperback
Aantal pagina's:333
Uitgever:Springer Netherlands
Druk:2
Inhoudsopgave
Preface. Introduction.
1. Empiricism vs. realism - the perennial debate in the philosophy of science.
2. Fundamental and refined principles: the core of modern science.
3. Empirical laws: the supervention of experience.
4. Scientific theories: closing the circle.
5. The principle-theory-law model of scientific explanation.
6. The social sciences: a consideration of economics.
7. Natural kinds.
8. Probability and confirmation.
9. Empiricism vs. realism revisited.
10. Modern science and the future.
References. Index.
1. Empiricism vs. realism - the perennial debate in the philosophy of science.
2. Fundamental and refined principles: the core of modern science.
3. Empirical laws: the supervention of experience.
4. Scientific theories: closing the circle.
5. The principle-theory-law model of scientific explanation.
6. The social sciences: a consideration of economics.
7. Natural kinds.
8. Probability and confirmation.
9. Empiricism vs. realism revisited.
10. Modern science and the future.
References. Index.