Models of Scientific Development and the Case of Nuclear Magnetic Resonance
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Paperback. Series: Synthese Library. Num Pages: 324 pages, black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: HP; JPA; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 498.
From the nineteen sixties onwards a branch of philosophy of science has come to development, called history-oriented philosophy of science. This development constitutes a reaction on the then prevailing logical empiricist conception of scientific knowledge. The latter was increasingly seen as suffering from insurmountable internal problems, like e. g. the problems with the particular "observational-theoretical distinction" on which it drew. In addition the logical empiricists' general approach was increasingly criticized for two external shortcomings. Firstly, the examples of scientific knowledge that the logical empiricists were focusing on were con sidered as too simplistic to be informative on the nature of ... Read more
From the nineteen sixties onwards a branch of philosophy of science has come to development, called history-oriented philosophy of science. This development constitutes a reaction on the then prevailing logical empiricist conception of scientific knowledge. The latter was increasingly seen as suffering from insurmountable internal problems, like e. g. the problems with the particular "observational-theoretical distinction" on which it drew. In addition the logical empiricists' general approach was increasingly criticized for two external shortcomings. Firstly, the examples of scientific knowledge that the logical empiricists were focusing on were con sidered as too simplistic to be informative on the nature of ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Number of pages
324
Condition
New
Series
Synthese Library
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
Dordrecht, Netherlands
ISBN
9789401086158
SKU
V9789401086158
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