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The philosophy of science : science and objectivity /
This comprehensive textbook provides a clear nontechnical introduction to the philosophy of science. Through asking whether science can provide us with objective knowledge of the world, the book provides a thorough and accessible guide to the key thinkers and debates that define the field. George Co...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London ; Thousand Oaks, Calif. :
Sage Publications,
1997.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | This comprehensive textbook provides a clear nontechnical introduction to the philosophy of science. Through asking whether science can provide us with objective knowledge of the world, the book provides a thorough and accessible guide to the key thinkers and debates that define the field. George Couvalis surveys traditional themes around theory and observation, induction, probability, falsification and rationality as well as more recent challenges to objectivity including relativistic, feminist and sociological readings. This provides a helpful framework in which to locate the key intellectua. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (viii, 206 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-201) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781849206921 1849206929 0761951016 9780761951018 9781446217023 1446217027 9786612262791 6612262796 |