Introductory Readings in the Philosophy of Science
Title | Introductory Readings in the Philosophy of Science PDF eBook |
Author | E. D. Klemke |
Publisher | |
Pages | 598 |
Release | 1998 |
Genre | Philosophy |
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This popular reader has been vastly updated with ten stimulating new selections on the natural and the social sciences: feminism; postmodernism, relativism, and science; confirmation, acceptance, and theory; explanatory unification; and science and values. Retaining the best essays from the previous editions, the editors have added important new pieces to maintain this influential text's relevance.
An Introduction to the Philosophy of Science
Title | An Introduction to the Philosophy of Science PDF eBook |
Author | Kent W. Staley |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 301 |
Release | 2014-11-06 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 1316094375 |
This book guides readers by gradual steps through the central concepts and debates in the philosophy of science. Using concrete examples from the history of science, Kent W. Staley shows how seemingly abstract philosophical issues are relevant to important aspects of scientific practice. Structured in two parts, the book first tackles the central concepts of the philosophy of science, such as the problem of induction, falsificationism, and underdetermination, and important figures and movements, such as the logical empiricists, Thomas Kuhn, and Paul Feyerabend. The second part turns to contemporary debates in the philosophy of science, such as scientific realism, explanation, the role of values in science, the different views of scientific inference, and probability. This broad yet detailed overview will give readers a strong grounding whilst also providing opportunities for further exploration. It will be of particular interest to students of philosophy, the philosophy of science, and science.
Scientific Inquiry
Title | Scientific Inquiry PDF eBook |
Author | Robert Klee |
Publisher | Oxford University Press, USA |
Pages | 374 |
Release | 1999 |
Genre | History |
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An anthology of contemporary and classical readings in the philosophy of science aimed at undergraduates in philosophy and science. Focuses on the main issues in philosophy of science: the structure of theories, models of scientific explanation, reductionism, the objectivity of science, and the proper interpretation of mature scientific theories.
Philosophy of Science
Title | Philosophy of Science PDF eBook |
Author | Samir Okasha |
Publisher | Oxford University Press |
Pages | 161 |
Release | 2016 |
Genre | Philosophy |
ISBN | 0198745583 |
What is science? -- Scientific inference -- Explanation in science -- Realism and anti-realism -- Scientific change and scientific revolutions -- Philosophical problems in physics, biology, and psychology -- Science and its critics.
Readings in the Philosophy of Social Science
Title | Readings in the Philosophy of Social Science PDF eBook |
Author | Michael Martin |
Publisher | MIT Press |
Pages | 818 |
Release | 1994 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780262631518 |
the first comprehensive anthology in the philosophy of social science to appear since the late 1960s
Readings in the Philosophy of Science
Title | Readings in the Philosophy of Science PDF eBook |
Author | Herbert Feigl |
Publisher | New York : Appleton-Century-Crofts |
Pages | 852 |
Release | 1953 |
Genre | Philosophy and science |
ISBN |
Introduction to the Philosophy of Science
Title | Introduction to the Philosophy of Science PDF eBook |
Author | Anthony O'Hear |
Publisher | Oxford University Press on Demand |
Pages | 239 |
Release | 1989 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 9780198248132 |
This book is a balanced and up-to-date introduction to the philosophy of science. It covers all the main topics in the area, as well as introducing the student to the moral and social reality of science. The author's style is free from jargon, and although he makes use of scientific examples, these should be intelligible to those without much scientific background. At the same time the questions he raises are not merely abstract, so the book will be of interest and concern to scientists as well as philosophers. The author discusses the growth of knowledge of science, the status of scientific theories and their relationship to observational data, the extent to which scientific theories rest on unprovable paradigms, and the nature of scientific explanations. In later chapters he considers probability, scientific reductionism, the relationship between science and technology, and the relationship between scientific and other values.