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What Is This Thing Called Science? by Alan F. Chalmers (1999, Trade...
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- 9780335201099
- Book Title
- What Is this Thing Called Science?
- Item Length
- 8.5 in
- Publisher
- Mcgraw-Hill Education
- Edition
- 3
- Publication Year
- 1999
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Illustrator
- Yes
- Item Height
- 0.6 in
- Features
- Revised
- Genre
- Science, Social Science
- Topic
- Philosophy & Social Aspects, Sociology / General
- Item Width
- 5.4 in
- Item Weight
- 13.8 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 288 Pages
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Contains chapters on topics including the Bayesian approach to science, and nature of scientific laws. This book features developments in the realism/anti-realism debate. It is intended to be a university text in the philosophy of science, not just on science and philosophy courses but also in the social sciences such as sociology and psychology.
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Publisher
Mcgraw-Hill Education
ISBN-10
0335201091
ISBN-13
9780335201099
eBay Product ID (ePID)
1609065
Product Key Features
Book Title
What Is this Thing Called Science?
Edition
3
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Features
Revised
Topic
Philosophy & Social Aspects, Sociology / General
Publication Year
1999
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Science, Social Science
Number of Pages
288 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
8.5 in
Item Height
0.6 in
Item Width
5.4 in
Item Weight
13.8 Oz
Additional Product Features
Edition Description
Revised Edition
Table of Content
Preface Introduction Science as knowledge derived from the facts of experience Observation as practical intervention Experiment Deriving theories from the facts induction Introducing falsificationism Sophisticated falsificationism novel predictions and the growth of science The limitations of falsificationism Theories as structures I Kuhn's paradigms Theories as structures II research programmes Feyerabend's anarchistic theory of science Methodical changes in method The Bayesian approach The new experimentalism Why should the world obey laws? Realism and anti-realism Bibliography Index.
Copyright Date
1999
Dewey Decimal
501
Dewey Edition
21
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