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Vyacheslav S. Stepin - Theoretical Knowledge - 9781402030451 - V9781402030451
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Theoretical Knowledge

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Description for Theoretical Knowledge Hardback. Demonstrates how sociocultural factors are incorporated in the process of yielding of theories. This book analyses mechanisms of the generation of scientific theories and shows that those are changed in the process of historical development of science. It proposes an original conception of a structure and dynamics of scientific knowledge. Series: Synthese Library. Num Pages: 412 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPK; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1720.

In Theoretical Knowledge an original conception of a structure and dynamics of scientific knowledge is proposed. A detailed analysis of the foundations of science performed by the author allowed him to develop new ideas and approaches, to demonstrate how sociocultural factors are incorporated in the process of yielding of new theories. He shows direct and inverse links between foundations of science and new theories and empirical facts evolved from those, how among many potentially possible histories of science a culture selects just those directions which become a real history of science.

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The investigation is based on the extensive literature on the history of natural and social sciences. The reader will find in the book authentic historical reconstructions of the processes of the development of classical and quantum electrodynamics, relativity, and conceptions of evolution in biology.

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Number of pages
412
Condition
New
Series
Synthese Library
Number of Pages
412
Place of Publication
New York, NY, United States
ISBN
9781402030451
SKU
V9781402030451
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