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9781474232722: The History and Philosophy of Science: A Reader
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ISBN 10 : 1474232728 ISBN 13 : 9781474232722
Editeur : Bloomsbury Academic, 2018

Synopsis

The History and Philosophy of Science: A Reader brings together seminal texts from antiquity to the end of the nineteenth century and makes them accessible in one volume for the first time.

With readings from Aristotle, Aquinas, Copernicus, Galileo, Descartes, Newton, Lavoisier, Linnaeus, Darwin, Faraday, and Maxwell, it analyses and discusses major classical, medieval and modern texts and figures from the natural sciences. Grouped by topic to clarify the development of methods and disciplines and the unification of theories, each section includes an introduction, suggestions for further reading and end-of-section discussion questions, allowing students to develop the skills needed to:

§ read, interpret, and critically engage with central problems and ideas from the history and philosophy of science
§ understand and evaluate scientific material found in a wide variety of professional and popular settings
§ appreciate the social and cultural context in which scientific ideas emerge
§ identify the roles that mathematics plays in scientific inquiry

Featuring primary sources in all the core scientific fields - astronomy, physics, chemistry, and the life sciences - The History and Philosophy of Science: A Reader is ideal for students looking to better understand the origins of natural science and the questions asked throughout its history. By taking a thematic approach to introduce influential assumptions, methods and answers, this reader illustrates the implications of an impressive range of values and ideas across the history and philosophy of Western science.

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À propos des auteurs

Daniel J. McKaughan is Associate Professor in the Department of Philosophy at Boston College, USA

Holly VandeWall is Assistant Professor of the Practice of Philosophy in the Department of Philosophy at Boston College, USA

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Éditeur
Bloomsbury Academic
Date d'édition
2018
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1474232728
ISBN 13 
9781474232722
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
1104
Éditeur
McKaughan Daniel, VandeWall Dr Holly
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  1474232736 ISBN 13 :  9781474232739
Editeur : Bloomsbury Academic, 2018
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