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Scientific Progress
Craig Dilworth
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Paperback. Series: Synthese Library. Num Pages: 164 pages, 3 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 9. Weight in Grams: 254.
For the philosopher interested in the idea of objective knowledge of the real world, the nature of science is of special importance, for science, and more particularly physics, is today considered to be paradigmatic in its affording of such knowledge. And no understand ing of science is complete until it includes an appreciation of the nature of the relation between successive scientific theories-that is, until it includes a conception of scientific progress. Now it might be suggested by some that there are a variety of ways in which science progresses, or that there are a number of different notions of ... Read more
For the philosopher interested in the idea of objective knowledge of the real world, the nature of science is of special importance, for science, and more particularly physics, is today considered to be paradigmatic in its affording of such knowledge. And no understand ing of science is complete until it includes an appreciation of the nature of the relation between successive scientific theories-that is, until it includes a conception of scientific progress. Now it might be suggested by some that there are a variety of ways in which science progresses, or that there are a number of different notions of ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Number of pages
164
Condition
New
Series
Synthese Library
Number of Pages
164
Place of Publication
Dordrecht, Netherlands
ISBN
9789401576574
SKU
V9789401576574
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