Theory and reality : an introduction to the philosophy of science /
"Theory and Reality covers logical positivism, the problems of induction and confirmation; Karl Popper's theory of science; Thomas Kuhn and "scientific revolutions;" the views of Imre Lakatos, Larry Laudan, and Paul Feyerabend; and challenges to the field from sociology of scienc...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Chicago :
University of Chicago Press,
c2003.
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| Series: | Science and its conceptual foundations.
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| Summary: | "Theory and Reality covers logical positivism, the problems of induction and confirmation; Karl Popper's theory of science; Thomas Kuhn and "scientific revolutions;" the views of Imre Lakatos, Larry Laudan, and Paul Feyerabend; and challenges to the field from sociology of science, feminism, and science studies. The book then looks in more detail at some specific problems and theories, including scientific realism, the theory-ladeness of observation, scientific explanation, and Bayesianism. Finally, Godfrey-Smith defends a form of philosophical naturalism as the best way to solve the main problems in the field."--Publisher description. |
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| Physical Description: | xiii, 272 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 243-254) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0226300625 (alk. paper) 0226300633 (pbk. : alk. paper) |