Recent Themes in the Philosophy of Science

T. D. Lyons

ISBN 10: 1402008317 / ISBN 13: 9781402008313

Edité par Springer Netherlands Aug 2002, 2002

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This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Australia and New Zealand boast an active community of scholars working in the field of history, philosophy and social studies of science. Australasian Studies in History and Philosophy of Science aims to provide a distinctive publication outlet for their work. Each volume comprises a group of thematically-connected essays edited by scholars based in Australia or New Zealand with special expertise in that particular area. In each volume, a majority ofthe contributors are from Australia or New Zealand. Contributions from elsewhere are by no means ruled out, however, and are actively encouraged wherever appropriate to the balance of the volume in question. Earlier volumes in the series have been welcomed for significantly advancing the discussion of the topics they have dealt with. I believe that the present volume will be greeted equally enthusiastically by readers in many parts of the world. R. W. Home General Editor Australasian Studies in History And Philosophy of Science viii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The majority of the papers in this collection had their origin in the 2001 Australasian Association for History, Philosophy, and Social Studies of Science annual conference, held at the University of Melbourne, where streams of papers on the themes of scientific realism and commonsense were organised. 244 pp. Englisch.

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: Recent Themes in the Philosophy of Science
• Éditeur: Springer Netherlands Aug 2002
• Date de parution: 2002
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 1402008317
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9781402008313
• Reliure: Taschenbuch
• État de l'article: Neu
• Dimensions: 234 L x 156 H x 14 P (en millimètres) 234 millimètres de largeur par 156 millimètres de hauteur par 14 millimètres de profondeur
• Poids: 377 grammes

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Synopsis

This volume brings together ten original, thematically-related papers, written by prominent figures in the philosophy of science in Australasia and elsewhere. The contributed papers are focused on two fundamental issues in contemporary philosophy of science, the status of scientific realism and the relationship between science and commonsense. The contemporary scientific realism debate turns on the viability of the claims that science aims at truth and that we can justifiably believe that science has achieved or approximated this aim. Several papers in the collection constitute original contributions to this debate. Other papers explore what appears to be an increasingly divergent relationship between the scientific and commonsense images of the world. This volume is a valuable resource for all who are interested in and engaged by contemporary philosophy of science.