Philosophy Of Science

This is an introductory textbook, organized conceptually, aimed at both philosophy students and science students taking philosophy of science courses.

Zusatztext An excellent introduction to the current state of thinking in one of the chief areas of human thought. - Mind Informationen zum Autor Alexander Bird Klappentext An up-to-date, clear but rigorous introduction to the philosophy of science offering an indispensable grounding in the philosophical understanding of science and its problems. The book pays full heed to the neglected but vital conceptual issues such as the nature of scientific laws, while balancing and linking this with a full coverage of epistemological problems such as our knowledge of such laws. Zusammenfassung This is an introductory textbook, organized conceptually, aimed at both philosophy students and science students taking philosophy of science courses. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part 1 Representation: laws of nature; natural kinds; theories; realism. Part 2 Reason: induction; anti-inductivism; progress in science; explaining science. Part 3 Realism and rationality: what science does and how - some answers.

Autorentext

Alexander Bird

Klappentext

An up-to-date, clear but rigorous introduction to the philosophy of science offering an indispensable grounding in the philosophical understanding of science and its problems. The book pays full heed to the neglected but vital conceptual issues such as the nature of scientific laws, while balancing and linking this with a full coverage of epistemological problems such as our knowledge of such laws.

Inhalt

Part 1 Representation: laws of nature; natural kinds; theories; realism. Part 2 Reason: induction; anti-inductivism; progress in science; explaining science. Part 3 Realism and rationality: what science does and how - some answers.