Philosophy of Science: The Key Thinkers (eBook, PDF)

Redaktion: Brown, James Robert

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

From the 19th century the philosophy of science has been shaped by a group of influential figures. Who were they? Why do they matter? This introduction brings to life the most influential thinkers in the philosophy of science, uncovering how the field has developed over the last 200 years.

Taking up the subject from the time when some philosophers began to think of themselves not just as philosophers but as philosophers of science, a team of leading contemporary philosophers explain, criticize and honour the giants. Now updated and revised throughout, the second edition includes:

· Easy-to-follow overviews of pivotal thinkers including John Stuart Mill, Rudolf Carnap, Thomas Kuhn, Karl Popper, and many more
· Coverage of central issues such as experience and necessity, logical empiricism, falsifiability, paradigms, the sociology of science, realism, and feminist critiques
· An afterword looking ahead to emerging research trends
· Study questions and further reading lists at the end of each chapter

Philosophy of Science: The Key Thinkers demonstrates how the ideas and arguments of these figures laid the foundations of our understanding of modern science.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury UK eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 280
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Juli 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781350108257
• Artikelnr.: 62084434

Autorenporträt

James Robert Brown is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Toronto, Canada.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements Notes on Contributors Preface Introduction
James Robert Brown (University of Toronto
Canada) 1. Experience and Necessity: The Whewell and Mill Debate
Laura Snyder ( St. John's University
USA) 2. Conventionalism: Poincaré
Duhem
Reichenbach
Torsten Wilholt (Leibniz Universität Hannover
Germany) 3. The Vienna Circle: Moritz Schlick
Rudolf Carnap
Otto Neurath
Friedrich Stadler (University of Vienna
Austria) 4. Carl G. Hempel: Logical Empiricist
Martin Curd (Purdue University
USA) 5. Anti-Inductivism as Worldview: The Philosophy of Karl Popper
Steve Fuller (University of Warwick
UK) 6. Historical Approaches: Kuhn
Lakatos and Feyerabend
Martin Carrier ( Bielefeld University
Germany) 7. The Contingency of the Causal Nexus: Ghazali and Modern Science
Arun Bala (National University of Singapore
Singapore) 8.Sociology of Science: Bloor
Collins
Latour
Martin Kusch (University of Vienna
Austria) 9. One Cannot Be Just a Little Bit Realist: Putnam and van Fraassen
Stathis Psillos (University of Athens
Greece) 10. Beyond Theories: Hacking and Cartwright
William Seager (University of Toronto Scarborough
Canada) 11. Feminist Critiques: Harding and Longino
Janet Kourany (University of Notre Dame
USA) Afterword Index