Philosophy of science : a very short introduction / Samir Okasha.
By: Okasha, Samir [author.].
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BookSeries: Very short introductions: 67.Publisher: Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2016Copyright date: ©2016Edition: Second edition.Description: 140 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm.Content type: text | still image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780198745587; 0198745583.Subject(s): Science -- Philosophy | Science -- Philosophy | 08.35 philosophy of scienceDDC classification: 501 | Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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American Center for Mongolian Studies | Q175 .O4555 2016 (Browse shelf) | Available | 30520 |
Previous edition: 2002.
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.
"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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