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Philosophy of Science Alex Rosenberg

Philosophy of Science By Alex Rosenberg

Philosophy of Science by Alex Rosenberg

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Exploring the main themes in the philosophy of science, this core text has been revised and updated to include material on the history of science, social epistemology and feminist philosophy of science.

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Philosophy of Science: A Contemporary Introduction by Alex Rosenberg

Identifies the philosophical problems that science raises through an examination of questions about its nature, methods and justification. A valuable introduction for science and philosophy students alike.

About Alex Rosenberg

Alexander Rosenberg is Professor of Philosophy at Duke University, North Carolina, USA. His ten books in the philosophy of science include The Structure of Biological Science (1985) and Philosophy of Social Science (1995). He has been a Guggenheim Fellow, a Fellow of the American Council of Learned Societies and the National Science Foundation. In 1993 he won the Lakatos Prize in the Philosophy of Science.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements; Chapter 1: Why Philosophy of Science?; Chapter 2: Explanation, Causation and Laws; Chapter 3: Scientific Explanation and its Discontents; Chapter 4: The Structure and Metaphysics of Scientific Theories; Chapter 5: The Epistemology of Scientific Theorizing; Chapter 6: The Challenge of History and Post-Positivism; Chapter 7: The Contested Character of Science and the Fundamental Questions of Philosophy; Bibliography; Index

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CIN0415343178G
9780415343176
0415343178
Philosophy of Science: A Contemporary Introduction by Alex Rosenberg
Alex Rosenberg
Routledge Contemporary Introductions to Philosophy
Used - Good
Paperback
Taylor & Francis Ltd
20050425
224
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