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Philosophy of Science
Hodder Headline (Teach Yourself),
2003, 206pp
0 340-86758-2,
£8.99
A modern
understanding of the world is unthinkable without science, but what exactly
is it? What
does it mean to say that something is ‘scientific’? How are its results
justified?
From the
genetic basis of life to the structures of the universe or the atom, this book
explores
how the key ideas that shape our world have been developed. It...
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gives a broad introduction to the history of science and its impact on Western thought;
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examines scientific method, and asks what it means to call something ‘scientific’;
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introduces key philosophers and scientists.
No previous knowledge of either philosophy or science is required.
All terms are fully explained in the text.
Contents:
Introduction 6.
Probability and Determinism
1. The History
of Science 7. The Philosophy of Biology
2. The
Scientific Method 8. Science and Humankind
3. Theories,
Laws and Progress 9. Cosmology
4. Scientific
Realism 10. Science and Authority
5. Relativism,
Instrumentalism and Relevance The Quest for Knowledge and
Control
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