Guiding readers through the central philosophical debates within the philosophy of science, this book focuses first on the key figures, movements, and concepts in the philosophy of science, and then moves on to contemporary debates. It is of essential interest to students of philosophy of science, philosophy, and science.
Guiding readers through the central philosophical debates within the philosophy of science, this book focuses first on the key figures, movements, and concepts in the philosophy of science, and then moves on to contemporary debates. It is of essential interest to students of philosophy of science, philosophy, and science.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Kent W. Staley is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Saint Louis University, Missouri. His publications include The Evidence for the Top Quark: Objectivity and Bias in Collaborative Experimentation (Cambridge, 2004).
Inhaltsangabe
Preface: philosophy of science for philosophers, scientists, and everyone else Part I. Background and Basic Concepts: 1. Some problems of induction 2. Falsificationism: science without induction? 3. Underdetermination 4. Logical empiricism and scientific theories 5. Kuhn: scientific revolutions as paradigm changes 6. Lakatos: scientific research programmes 7. Feyerabend: epistemological anarchism Part II. Ongoing Investigations: 8. Reasoning with probability: Bayesianism 9. Reasoning with probability: frequentism 10. Realism and anti-realism 11. Explanation 12. Values in science References Index.
Preface: philosophy of science for philosophers, scientists, and everyone else Part I. Background and Basic Concepts: 1. Some problems of induction 2. Falsificationism: science without induction? 3. Underdetermination 4. Logical empiricism and scientific theories 5. Kuhn: scientific revolutions as paradigm changes 6. Lakatos: scientific research programmes 7. Feyerabend: epistemological anarchism Part II. Ongoing Investigations: 8. Reasoning with probability: Bayesianism 9. Reasoning with probability: frequentism 10. Realism and anti-realism 11. Explanation 12. Values in science References Index.
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