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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
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Notes on Contributors; Preface; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER 1 EXPERIENCE AND NECESSITY: THE MILL-WHEWELL DEBATE; CHAPTER 2 CONVENTIONALISM: POINCARÉ, DUHEM, REICHENBACH; CHAPTER 3 THE VIENNA CIRCLE: MORITZ SCHLICK, OTTO NEURATH AND RUDOLF CARNAP; CHAPTER 4 CARL G. HEMPEL: LOGICAL EMPIRICIST; CHAPTER 5 ANTI-INDUCTIVISM AS WORLDVIEW: THE PHILOSOPHY OF KARL POPPER; CHAPTER 6 HISTORICAL APPROACHES: KUHN, LAKATOS AND FEYERABEND; CHAPTER 7 THE CONTINGENCY OF THE CAUSAL NEXUS: GHAZALI AND MODERN SCIENCE.
  • CHAPTER 8 SOCIOLOGY OF SCIENCE: BLOOR, COLLINS, LATOURCHAPTER 9 ONE CANNOT BE JUST A LITTLE BIT REALIST: PUTNAM AND VAN FRAASSEN*; CHAPTER 10 BEYOND THEORIES: CARTWRIGHT AND HACKING; CHAPTER 11 FEMINIST CRITIQUES: HARDING AND LONGINO; AFTERWORD; Index.

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