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Scientific concepts and investigative practice /

Recent philosophy and history of science have seen a surge of interest in the role of concepts in scientific research. Combining philosophical and historical scholarship, the articles in this volume investigate the ways in which scientists form and use concepts, rather than in what the concepts them...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Feest, Uljana (Editor ), Steinle, Friedrich (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berlin : De Gruyter, [2012]
Colección:Berlin studies in knowledge research ; v. 3.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Recent philosophy and history of science have seen a surge of interest in the role of concepts in scientific research. Combining philosophical and historical scholarship, the articles in this volume investigate the ways in which scientists form and use concepts, rather than in what the concepts themselves represent. The fields treated range from mathematics to virology and genetics, from nuclear physics to psychology, from technology to present-day neural engineering.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (301 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9783110253610
3110253615
1283856522
9781283856522