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- Philosophy of Science
- Book title
- Philosophy of Science The Key Thinkers
- ISBN
- 9781441142009
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Bloomsbury Academic & Professional
ISBN-10
1441142002
ISBN-13
9781441142009
eBay Product ID (ePID)
92412222
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
288 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Philosophy of Science: the Key Thinkers
Subject
Philosophers, Philosophy & Social Aspects
Publication Year
2012
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Science, Biography & Autobiography
Series
Key Thinkers Ser.
Format
Uk-Trade Paper
Dimensions
Item Height
0.6 in
Item Weight
11.9 Oz
Item Length
8.5 in
Item Width
5.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
LCCN
2011-031385
Dewey Edition
23
Reviews
This book delivers twice on its title: it offers a comprehensive discussion of key thinkers in philosophy of science of the past 150 years and the authors are a dozen of their most distinguished and innovative successors at work today. The result shows a vibrant discipline in which each generation reflects on-and moves beyond-the classic debates. An insightful and inspiring survey of philosophy of science, its history, and its progress.
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
509.2/2
Table Of Content
Acknowledgements \ Notes on Contributors \Preface \ 1. Introduction James Robert Brown \ 2. Experience and Necessity:TheWhewell and Mill Debate Laura Snyder \ 3. Conventionalism: Poincaré, Duhem,Reichenbach Torsten Wilholt \ 4. The ViennaCircle: Moritz Schlick, Rudolf Carnap, Otto Neurath Friedrich Stadler \ 5. Carl G. Hempel: Logical Empiricist Martin Curd \ 6. Anti-Inductivism as Worldview: The Philosophy of Karl PopperSteveFuller \ 7. Historical Approaches: Kuhn, Lakatos and Feyerabend MartinCarrier \ 8. The Contingency of the Causal Nexus: Ghazali and Modern Science Arun Bala \ 9.Sociology ofScience: Bloor, Collins, Latour Martin Kusch \ 10. One Cannot Be Just a Little Bit Realist: Putnam andvan Fraassen Stathis Psillos \ 11. Beyond Theories: Hacking andCartwright William Seager \ 12. Feminist Critiques: Hardingand Longino Janet Kourany \ Afterword\ Index.
Synopsis
All the great philosophers from Plato and Aristotle to the present day have been philosophers of science. However, this book concentrates on modern philosophy of science, starting in the nineteenth century and offering coverage of all the leading thinkers in the field including Whewell, Mill, Reichenbach, Carnap, Popper, Feyerabend, Putnam, van Fraassen, Bloor, Latour, Hacking, Cartwright and many more. Crucially the book demonstrates how the ideas and arguments of these key thinkers have contributed to our understanding of such central issues as experience and necessity, conventionalism, logical empiricism, induction and falsification, the sociology of science, and realism. Ideal for undergraduate students, the book lays the necessary foundations for a complete and thorough understanding of this fascinating subject., As a discipline, the philosophy of science is as old as philosophy itself. Philosophy of Science: The Key Thinkers offers a comprehensive historical overview of this fascinating field. Twelve specially commissioned essays introduce and explore the contributions of those philosophers who have shaped the subject and the central issues and arguments therein. All the great philosophers from Plato and Aristotle to the present day have been philosophers of science. However, this book concentrates on modern philosophy of science, starting in the nineteenth century and offering coverage of all the leading thinkers in the field including Whewell, Mill, Reichenbach, Carnap, Quine, Popper, Feyerabend, Putnam, Hacking, Cartwright and many more. Crucially the book demonstrates how the ideas and arguments of these key thinkers have contributed to our understanding of such central issues as experience and necessity, conventionalism, logical empiricism, induction and falsification, the sociology of science, and realism. Ideal for undergraduate students, the book lays the necessary foundations for a complete and thorough understanding of this fascinating subject. >, A guide to the key figures in the Philosophy of Science from Plato and Aristotle through to Popper, Puttnam and Cartwright.
LC Classification Number
Q175
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