Knowing the Structure of Nature: Essays on Realism and Explanation
Stathis Psillos
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Description for Knowing the Structure of Nature: Essays on Realism and Explanation
Hardcover. In this sequel to the highly acclaimed Scientific Realism: How Science Tracks Truth, Psillos discusses recent developments in scientific realism and explores realist theses and commitments. He examines the structuralist turn in the philosophy of science and offers a framework within which inference to the best explanation can be defended. Num Pages: 257 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HPJ; HPK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 223 x 146 x 19. Weight in Grams: 406.
In this sequel to the highly acclaimed Scientific Realism: How Science Tracks Truth , Psillos discusses recent developments in scientific realism and explores realist theses and commitments. He examines the structuralist turn in the philosophy of science and offers a framework within which inference to the best explanation can be defended.
In this sequel to the highly acclaimed Scientific Realism: How Science Tracks Truth , Psillos discusses recent developments in scientific realism and explores realist theses and commitments. He examines the structuralist turn in the philosophy of science and offers a framework within which inference to the best explanation can be defended.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
Number of Pages
230
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780230007116
SKU
V9780230007116
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99-15
About Stathis Psillos
STATHIS PSILLOS is Professor of Philosophy of Science at the University of Athens, Greece. He is the author of Scientific Realism: How Science Tracks Truth (1999), Causation and Explanation (2002) and Philosophy of Science A-Z (2007). He edited with Martin Curd The Routledge Companion to Philosophy of Science, (2008). He has published over sixty articles in various areas in the ... Read more
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