Philosophy of Science Today

Häftad, Engelska, 2003

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Beskrivning

Philosophy of Science Today offers a state-of-the-art guide to this fast-developing area. An eminent international team of authors covers a wide range of topics at the intersection of philosophy and the sciences, including causation, realism, methodology, epistemology, and the philosophical foundations of physics, biology, and psychology. An expanded version of a special issue of the leading journal BJPS, this collection will be valuable to advanced students as well as to scholars.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2003-05-01
Mått:155 x 233 x 16 mm
Vikt:442 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:308
Förlag:OUP OXFORD
ISBN:9780199250554

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The quality of the contributors to this collection is high, and so is the quality of their contributions ... the range of the material covered by the volume is impressively broad.

Innehållsförteckning

Introduction ; 1. The Logic of Success ; 2. The Theory of Knowledge: Saving Epistemology from the Epistemologists ; 3. The Present State of the Scientific Realism Debate ; 4. 'New Age' Philosophies of Science: Constructivism, Feminism, and Postmodernism ; 5. Causation and Pre-emption ; 6. Philosophy of Mind ; 7. Philosophy of Biology ; 8. Philosophy of Mathematics ; 9. Geometry and Motion ; 10. Indeterminacy and Entanglement: The Challenge of Quantum Mechanics ; 11. Philosophical Foundations of Quantum Field Theory ; 12. Interpreting Theories: The Case of Statistical Mechanics ; Index