ISBN:
0761951008
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0761951016
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1849206929
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9780761951001
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9780761951018
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9781849206921
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (viii, 206 pages)
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
306.45
Keywords:
Science
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Sciences / Philosophie
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SCIENCE / Philosophy & Social Aspects
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Objectivity
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Science / Philosophy
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Wetenschapsfilosofie
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Wissenschaftstheorie
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Naturwissenschaft
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Philosophie
;
Wissenschaftstheorie
;
Science Philosophy
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Objectivity
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Methodologie
;
Naturwissenschaften
;
Philosophie
;
Philosophie
;
Naturwissenschaften
;
Methodologie
Note:
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-201) and index
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Cover; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1- Theory and Observation; 2 -- Induction and Probability; 3 -- Popper and Mill: Fallibility, Falsification and Coherence; 4 -- Revolutionary Change and Rationality:Kuhn and his Rivals; 5 -- Relativism and the Value of Science; 6 -- The Sociology of Knowledge and Feminism; 7 -- Realism and Instrumentalism; References; Index
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This comprehensive textbook provides a clear nontechnical introduction to the philosophy of science. Through asking whether science can provide us with objective knowledge of the world, the book provides a thorough and accessible guide to the key thinkers and debates that define the field. George Couvalis surveys traditional themes around theory and observation, induction, probability, falsification and rationality as well as more recent challenges to objectivity including relativistic, feminist and sociological readings. This provides a helpful framework in which to locate the key intellectua
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