Scientific Realism and the Rationality of Science - Couverture rigide

Sankey, Howard

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0754658880 ISBN 13 : 9780754658887

Editeur : Routledge, 2008

Synopsis

Scientific realism is the position that the aim of science is to advance on truth and increase knowledge about observable and unobservable aspects of the mind-independent world which we inhabit. This book articulates and defends that position. In presenting a clear formulation and addressing the major arguments for scientific realism Sankey appeals to philosophers beyond the community of, typically Anglo-American, analytic philosophers of science to appreciate and understand the doctrine. The book emphasizes the epistemological aspects of scientific realism and contains an original solution to the problem of induction that rests on an appeal to the principle of uniformity of nature.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Professor Howard Sankey is Associate Professor and Head of Department at the Department of History and Philosophy of Science, University of Melbourne, Australia.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Routledge
• Date d'édition: 2008
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0754658880
• ISBN 13: 9780754658887
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 162
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• Personne responsable: non disponible