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"This volume presents an attempt to construct a unified cognitive theory of science in relatively short compass. It confronts the strong program in sociology of science and the positions of various postpositivist philosophers of science, developing significant alternatives to each in a readily...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Giere, Ronald N.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1990, ©1988.
Edición:Pbk. ed.
Colección:Science and its conceptual foundations.
Temas:
Science > Philosophy.
Science > Social aspects.
Cognition.
Realism.
Sciences > Aspect social.
Réalisme.
cognition.
SCIENCE > General.
Cognition
Realism
Science > Philosophy
Science > Social aspects
Philosophie des sciences.
Épistémologie.
Sciences > Aspects sociaux.
Réalisme (philosophie)
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • List of Figures; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1. Toward a Unified Cognitive Theory of Science; 2. Theories of Science; 3. Models and Theories; 4. Constructive Realism; 5. Realism in the Laboratory; 6. Scientific Judgment; 7. Models and Experiments; 8. Explaining the Revolution in Geology; Epilogue: Reflexive Reflections; Notes; References; Index.

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