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Featuring numerous illustrative examples and extensive further reading lists, Philosophy of Science: A New Introduction is ideal for courses in philosophy of science, history and philosophy of science, and epistemology/theory of knowledge. It is also compelling and illuminating reading for scientists, science students, and anyone interested in the natural sciences and in their place in global society today.
Featuring numerous illustrative examples and extensive further reading lists, Philosophy of Science: A New Introduction is ideal for courses in philosophy of science, history and philosophy of science, and epistemology/theory of knowledge. It is also compelling and illuminating reading for scientists, science students, and anyone interested in the natural sciences and in their place in global society today.
Philip Kitcher is John Dewey Professor of Philosophy at Columbia. He is the author of books and articles on issues in the philosophy of science. He has been President of the American Philosophical Association (Pacific Division) and Editor-in-Chief of Philosophy of Science. A Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, he also received the Prometheus Prize, awarded by the American Philosophical Association for work in expanding the frontiers of science and philosophy.
CHAPTER 1: SCIENCE AND PHILOSOPHY
1.0 Scientific disputes and philosophical questions
1.1 Modern science: A brief history
1.2 Images of Science
CHAPTER 2: THE ANALYTIC PROJECT
2.0 Demarcating Science
2.1 Confirmation
2.2 Theories
2.3 Explanation
2.4 Failures--and Successes
CHAPTER 3: THE VIEW FROM THE SCIENCES
3.0 The sciences on their own terms
3.1 The ideal of unified science
3.2 The ineradicability of causation
3.3 Against the supernatural
3.4 Making sense of ourselves
3.5 Naturalizing knowledge
CHAPTER 4: SCIENCE, HISTORY, AND SOCIETY
4.0 More than anecdote
4.1 Frameworks and revolutions
4.2 The bogey of relativism
4.3 Success, truth, and progress
4.4 Progress without truth?
CHAPTER 5: CRITICAL VOICES
5.0 A mixture of challenges
5.1 Diversity and the feminist critique
5.2 The cultural critique
5.3 The ecological critique
5.4 Anti-science
5.5 Science as a social endeavor
5.6 Knowledge and power
CHAPTER 6: SCIENCE, VALUES, AND POLITICS
6.0 The aims of the sciences
6.1 Values and choices
6.2 The autonomy of the sciences
6.3 Powers behind the lab
6.4 What do "we" want to know?
6.5 Deciding what we know
6.6 Conclusion
| Erscheinungsjahr: | 2013 |
|---|---|
| Genre: | Technik allg. |
| Rubrik: | Naturwissenschaften & Technik |
| Medium: | Taschenbuch |
| Reihe: | Fundamentals of Philosophy Series |
| Inhalt: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| ISBN-13: | 9780195366198 |
| ISBN-10: | 0195366190 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| Autor: |
Barker, Gillian
Kitcher, Philip |
| Auflage: | New |
| Hersteller: |
Oxford University Press
OUP USA |
| Maße: | 208 x 139 x 15 mm |
| Von/Mit: | Gillian Barker (u. a.) |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 02.08.2013 |
| Gewicht: | 0,268 kg |
Philip Kitcher is John Dewey Professor of Philosophy at Columbia. He is the author of books and articles on issues in the philosophy of science. He has been President of the American Philosophical Association (Pacific Division) and Editor-in-Chief of Philosophy of Science. A Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, he also received the Prometheus Prize, awarded by the American Philosophical Association for work in expanding the frontiers of science and philosophy.
CHAPTER 1: SCIENCE AND PHILOSOPHY
1.0 Scientific disputes and philosophical questions
1.1 Modern science: A brief history
1.2 Images of Science
CHAPTER 2: THE ANALYTIC PROJECT
2.0 Demarcating Science
2.1 Confirmation
2.2 Theories
2.3 Explanation
2.4 Failures--and Successes
CHAPTER 3: THE VIEW FROM THE SCIENCES
3.0 The sciences on their own terms
3.1 The ideal of unified science
3.2 The ineradicability of causation
3.3 Against the supernatural
3.4 Making sense of ourselves
3.5 Naturalizing knowledge
CHAPTER 4: SCIENCE, HISTORY, AND SOCIETY
4.0 More than anecdote
4.1 Frameworks and revolutions
4.2 The bogey of relativism
4.3 Success, truth, and progress
4.4 Progress without truth?
CHAPTER 5: CRITICAL VOICES
5.0 A mixture of challenges
5.1 Diversity and the feminist critique
5.2 The cultural critique
5.3 The ecological critique
5.4 Anti-science
5.5 Science as a social endeavor
5.6 Knowledge and power
CHAPTER 6: SCIENCE, VALUES, AND POLITICS
6.0 The aims of the sciences
6.1 Values and choices
6.2 The autonomy of the sciences
6.3 Powers behind the lab
6.4 What do "we" want to know?
6.5 Deciding what we know
6.6 Conclusion
| Erscheinungsjahr: | 2013 |
|---|---|
| Genre: | Technik allg. |
| Rubrik: | Naturwissenschaften & Technik |
| Medium: | Taschenbuch |
| Reihe: | Fundamentals of Philosophy Series |
| Inhalt: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| ISBN-13: | 9780195366198 |
| ISBN-10: | 0195366190 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| Autor: |
Barker, Gillian
Kitcher, Philip |
| Auflage: | New |
| Hersteller: |
Oxford University Press
OUP USA |
| Maße: | 208 x 139 x 15 mm |
| Von/Mit: | Gillian Barker (u. a.) |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 02.08.2013 |
| Gewicht: | 0,268 kg |
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