Kent W. Staley

An Introduction to the Philosophy of Science

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book explores central philosophical concepts, issues, and debates in the philosophy of science, both historical and contemporary.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 300
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. Juni 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 250mm x 175mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 702g
• ISBN-13: 9780521112499
• ISBN-10: 0521112494
• Artikelnr.: 41607594

Autorenporträt

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.