Title:
Philosophy of science : a very short introduction / Samir Okasha.
Author:
Okasha, Samir, author.
Publication Information:
Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2016.
©2016
Call Number:
Q175 .O4555 2016
Abstract:
"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.
Edition:
Second edition.
ISBN:
9780198745587
Series:
A Very short introduction ; 67
Very short introductions ; 67.
Physical Description:
140 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm.
General Note:
Previous edition: 2002.
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.
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