Representing and Intervening
Introductory Topics in the Philosophy of Natural Science
1983
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1983
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Livre de Ian Hacking · 1983 (États-Unis)
Genres : Philosophie, SciencesThis 1983 book is a lively and clearly written introduction to the philosophy of natural science, organized around the central theme of scientific realism. It has two parts. 'Representing' deals with the different philosophical accounts of scientific objectivity and the reality of scientific entities. The views of Kuhn, Feyerabend, Lakatos, Putnam, van Fraassen, and others, are all considered. 'Intervening' presents the first sustained treatment of experimental science for many years and uses... Voir plus