Kent W. Staley

An Introduction to the Philosophy of Science

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Guiding readers through the central philosophical debates within the philosophy of science, this thoroughly updated second edition includes topics such as scientific rationality, objectivity, and progress; the philosophical importance of scientific models; and the impact of feminist ideas on our understanding of science.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• 2 Revised edition
• Seitenzahl: 418
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. April 2025
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781009097963
• ISBN-10: 1009097962
• Artikelnr.: 72176033

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

List of figures
List of tables
Preface: philosophy of science for philosophers, scientists, and everyone else
Acknowledgments
List of abbreviations
Part I. Background and Basic Concepts: 1. Some problems of induction
2. Falsificationism: science without induction?
3. Underdetermination
4. Logical empiricism
5. Post-positivist views on scientific progress and rationality
Interlude. Robert Boyle's experiments with the air-pump
6. Relativism and social constructionism
  Part II. Ongoing Investigations: 7. Scientific models and representation
8. Reasoning with probability: Bayesianism
9. Reasoning with probability: frequentism
10. Realism and anti-realism
11. Explanation
12. Values in science and science in policy-making
13. Feminist philosophies of science
References
Index.