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From a scientific point of view : reasoning and evidence beat improvisation across fields /
This book deals with the scientific viewpoint, which is illustrated here through a number of topical cases in modern science, from gravitational waves to mental disorders to social policies. The scientific perspective involves rationality, realism, and reism - the thesis that the universe is compose...
| Cote: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Électronique eBook |
| Langue: | Inglés |
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Newcastle upon Tyne, UK :
Cambridge Scholars Publishing,
2018.
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| Accès en ligne: | Texto completo |
Table des matières:
- Preface
- The scientific worldview
- Should scientists listen to philosophers?
- Interdependence of epistemology and metaphysics
- Human nature is unnatural
- The study of early societies
- Reframing mental disorders
- Technology [not equal symbol] applied science
- Liberties and democracies : authentic and bogus
- Amateurs and professionals
- Crime, criminology, and penology
- Gravitational waves and the nature of space
- Is scientific philosophy possible?