Characterizing the Robustness of Science: After the Practice Turn in Philosophy of Science - Couverture souple

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 9400796439 ISBN 13 : 9789400796430

Editeur : Springer, 2014

Synopsis

Mature sciences have been long been characterized in terms of the “successfulness”, “reliability” or “trustworthiness” of their theoretical, experimental or technical accomplishments. Today many philosophers of science talk of “robustness”, often without specifying in a precise way the meaning of this term. This lack of clarity is the cause of frequent misunderstandings, since all these notions, and that of robustness in particular, are connected to fundamental issues, which concern nothing less than the very nature of science and its specificity with respect to other human practices, the nature of rationality and of scientific progress; and science’s claim to be a truth-conducive activity. This book offers for the first time a comprehensive analysis of the problem of robustness, and in general, that of the reliability of science, based on several detailed case studies and on philosophical essays inspired by the so-called practical turn in philosophy of science.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

Featuring contributions from the world’s leading experts on the subject and based partly on several detailed case studies, this volume is the first comprehensive analysis of the scientific notion of robustness as well as of the general reliability of science.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Springer
• Date d'édition: 2014
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 9400796439
• ISBN 13: 9789400796430
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 384
• Éditeur: Soler Léna, Trizio Emiliano, Nickles Thomas, Wimsatt William
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