Introduction to the Philosophy of Science
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- ISBN 9780198248132
- Weight: 289g
- Dimensions: 160 x 240mm
- Publication Date: 30 Mar 1989
- Publisher: Oxford University Press
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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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.
