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Roads to Commensurability
D. Pearce
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Description for Roads to Commensurability
paperback. Series: Synthese Library. Num Pages: 260 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PDA; WM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 408.
How many miles to Babylon? Three-score and ten. Can I get there by candle-light? Yes, and back again. If your heels are nimble dnd light, You may get there by candle-light. Any philosopher who takes more than a fleeting interest in the sciences and their development must at some stage confront the issue of incommensurability in one or other of its many manifes tations. For the philosopher of science concerned with problems of conceptual change and the growth of knowledge, matters of incommensurability are of paramount concern. After many years of skating over, skimming through and skirting round this issue ... Read more
How many miles to Babylon? Three-score and ten. Can I get there by candle-light? Yes, and back again. If your heels are nimble dnd light, You may get there by candle-light. Any philosopher who takes more than a fleeting interest in the sciences and their development must at some stage confront the issue of incommensurability in one or other of its many manifes tations. For the philosopher of science concerned with problems of conceptual change and the growth of knowledge, matters of incommensurability are of paramount concern. After many years of skating over, skimming through and skirting round this issue ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Number of pages
260
Condition
New
Series
Synthese Library
Number of Pages
260
Place of Publication
Dordrecht, Netherlands
ISBN
9789401081801
SKU
V9789401081801
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Reviews for Roads to Commensurability
` .. I do recommned the reviewed book as excellent and rewarding reading. It is written vividly, lucidly and competently. ' Studia Logica