Explaining Science: A Cognitive Approach (Science and Its Conceptual Foundations series)

Giere, Ronald N.

ISBN 10: 0226292061 / ISBN 13: 9780226292069

Edité par University of Chicago Press, 1990

Good - Bumped and creased book with tears to the extremities, but not affecting the text block, may have remainder mark or previous owner's name - GOOD PAPERBACK Standard-sized. N° de réf. du vendeur M0226292061Z3

Synopsis :

"This volume presents an attempt to construct a unified cognitive theory of science in relatively short compass. It confronts the strong program in sociology of science and the positions of various postpositivist philosophers of science, developing significant alternatives to each in a reeadily comprehensible sytle. It draws loosely on recent developments in cognitive science, without burdening the argument with detailed results from that source. . . . The book is thus a provocative one. Perhaps that is a measure of its value: it will lead scholars and serious student from a number of science studies disciplines into continued and sharpened debate over fundamental questions."—Richard Burian, Isis

"The writing is delightfully clear and accessible. On balance, few books advance our subject as well."—Paul Teller, Philosophy of Science

À propos de l?auteur:

Ronald N. Giere is professor of philosophy emeritus at the University of Minnesota, a former director of the Minnesota Center for Philosophy of Science, and a past president of the Philosophy of Science Association. He is the author or editor of many books, including, most recently, Science without Laws, also published by the University of Chicago Press.

Détails bibliographiques

Titre : Explaining Science: A Cognitive Approach (...
Éditeur : University of Chicago Press
Date d'édition : 1990
Reliure : Paperback
Etat : Good