J D Trout

Wondrous Truths

The Improbable Triumph of Modern Science

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Produktbeschreibung

Wondrous Truths answers two questions about the steep rise of theoretical discoveries around 1600: Why in the European West? And why so quickly? The history of science's awkward assortment of accident and luck, geography and personal idiosyncrasy, explains scientific progress alongside experimental method.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Hurst & Co.
• Seitenzahl: 258
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. Mai 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 218mm x 148mm x 27mm
• Gewicht: 406g
• ISBN-13: 9780199385072
• ISBN-10: 0199385076
• Artikelnr.: 45116468

Autorenporträt

J.D. Trout is Professor of Philosophy and Psychology at Loyola University in Chicago. His previous books include Measuring the Intentional World, Epistemology and the Psychology of Human Judgment, and The Empathy Gap. He has been interviewed in The New York Times, on Latino USA, and Martha Stewart Radio, and has written for the Chicago Tribune and Psychology Today.

Inhaltsangabe

Ch 1 Wonder and the Feeling of Understanding
Ch 2 Explanatory Fluency and the False Climb
Ch 3 The Biology Behind the Feeling
Ch 4 Believing the Best Explanation
Ch 5 Good Theories, Lucky Hunches
Ch 6 Newton's Hunch
Ch 7 Conclusion
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Endnotes