Philosophy of science : the key thinkers /

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All the great philosophers from Plato and Aristotle to the present day have been philosophers of science. However, this book concentrates on modern philosophy of science, starting in the nineteenth century and offering coverage of all the leading thinkers in the field including Whewell, Mill, Reiche...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Brown, James Robert (Editor ), Bala, Arun (Contribuidor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London, England ; New York : Continuum, 2012.
Colección:Continuum key thinkers.
Temas:
Science > Philosophy > History.
Philosophers > Biography.
Philosophes > Biographies.
Philosophy of science.
SCIENCE > History.
Philosophers
Science > Philosophy
Wissenschaftsphilosophie
Wissenschaftstheorie
Naturwissenschaften.
Philosophie.
Philosoph.
Biographies
History
Biographies.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:All the great philosophers from Plato and Aristotle to the present day have been philosophers of science. However, this book concentrates on modern philosophy of science, starting in the nineteenth century and offering coverage of all the leading thinkers in the field including Whewell, Mill, Reichenbach, Carnap, Popper, Feyerabend, Putnam, van Fraassen, Bloor, Latour, Hacking, Cartwright and many more. Crucially the book demonstrates how the ideas and arguments of these key thinkers have contributed to our understanding of such central issues as experience and necessity, conventionalism, logi.
Notas:Includes index.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (276 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781441186652
1441186654

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