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Philosophy of science : a very short introduction / Samir Okasha.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Very short introductions ; 67.Publisher: Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2016Copyright date: ©2016Edition: Second editionDescription: 140 pages : illustrations ; 18 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780198745587
  • 0198745583
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 501 23
LOC classification:
  • Q175 .O4555 2016
Contents:
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.
Review: "In this new edition Samir Ikasha reviews the main themes of contemporary philosophy of science. Beginning with a brief account of the history of modern science, he asks whether there is a discernible pattern to the way scientific ideas change over time. He examines scientific inference, scientific explanation, and the debate between realist and anti-realist views of science."-- Provided by publisher.
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Previous edition: 2002.

"In this new edition Samir Ikasha reviews the main themes of contemporary philosophy of science. Beginning with a brief account of the history of modern science, he asks whether there is a discernible pattern to the way scientific ideas change over time. He examines scientific inference, scientific explanation, and the debate between realist and anti-realist views of science."-- Provided by publisher.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 131-135) and index.

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.

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