A01=Phillip Kitcher
Author_Phillip Kitcher
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- ISBN 9780195165524
- Weight: 340g
- Dimensions: 154 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 06 Nov 2003
- Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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Closely examining some of our most deeply held notions about the role of science, distinguished philosopher Philip Kitcher engages the heated debate about how scientific knowledge should be pursued and employed. Kitcher paints a pragmatic portrait of the sciences that allows for the possibility of scientific truth but nonetheless permits social consensus to determine which avenues need to be investigated.
Philip Kitcher is Professor of Philosophy at Columbia University and author of The Nature of Mathematical Knowledge (OUP, 1983); The Advancement of Science (OUP, 1993); and In Mendel's Mirror (OUP, 2003).
