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Scientific Representation
Paradoxes of Perspective
E-bok, 2010
424 kr
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Bas C. van Fraassen presents an original exploration of how we represent the world. Science represents natural phenomena by means of theories, as well as in many concrete ways by such means as pictures, graphs, table-top models, and computer simulations. Scientific Representation begins with an …
The Scientific Image
Häftad, 1980
700 kr
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In this book van Fraassen develops an alternative to scientific realism by constructing and evaluating three mutually reinforcing theories.
Quantum Mechanics
An Empiricist View
Häftad, 1991
1280 kr
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After introducing the empiricist point of view in philosophy of science, and the concepts and methods of the semantic approach to scientific theories, Professor van Fraassen discusses quantum theory in three stages. He first examines the question of whether and how empirical phenomena require a …
Laws and Symmetry
Häftad, 1989
994 kr
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Metaphysicians speak of laws of nature in terms of necessity and universality; scientists do so in terms of symmetry and invariance. This book argues that no metaphysical account of laws can succeed. The author analyses and rejects the arguments that there are laws of nature, or that we must …
Quantum Mechanics
An Empiricist View
Inbunden, 1991
1164 kr
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After introducing the empiricist point of view in philosophy of science, and the concepts and methods of the semantic approach to scientific theories, Professor van Fraassen discusses quantum theory in three stages. He first examines the question of whether and how empirical phenomena require a …
Possibilities and Paradox
An Introduction to Modal and Many-Valued Logic
Av JC Beall, Bas C. van Fraassen
Häftad, 2003
1078 kr
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Extensively classroom-tested, this text provides an accessible and carefully structured introduction to modal and many-valued logic. The authors cover the basic formal frameworks, as well as considering a variety of philosophical issues surrounding 'possibilities and paradox'. In order to aid …
Scientific Representation
Paradoxes of Perspective
Inbunden, 2008
1245 kr
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Bas C. van Fraassen presents an original exploration of how we represent the world. Science represents natural phenomena by means of theories, as well as in many concrete ways by such means as pictures, graphs, table-top models, and computer simulations. Scientific Representation begins with an …
Scientific Representation
Paradoxes of Perspective
Häftad, 2010
545 kr
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Bas C. van Fraassen presents an original exploration of how we represent the world. Science represents natural phenomena by means of theories, as well as in many concrete ways by such means as pictures, graphs, table-top models, and computer simulations. Scientific Representation begins with an …
Empirical Stance
Häftad, 2004
528 kr
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What is empiricism and what could it be? Bas C. van Fraassen, one of the world’s foremost contributors to philosophical logic and the philosophy of science, here undertakes a fresh consideration of these questions and offers a program for renewal of the empiricist tradition. The empiricist …
Topics in the Foundation of Statistics
Av Bas C. Van Fraassen, Afos Workshop on Foundations of Science m. fl.
Inbunden, 1997
552 kr
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Foundational research focuses on the theory, but theories are to be related also to other theories, experiments, facts in their domains, data, and to their uses in applications, whether of prediction, control, or explanation. A theory is to be identified through its class of models, but not so …
Current Issues in Quantum Logic
Av Bas C. van Fraassen, Enrico G. Beltrametti
E-bok, 2012
1733 kr
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These are the proceedings of the Workshop on Quantum Logic held in Erice (Sicily), December 2 - 9, 1979, at the Ettore Hajorana Centre for Scientific Culture. A conference of this sort was originally proposed by Giuliano Toraldo di Francia, who suggested the idea to Antonino Zichichi, and thus laid …
Current Issues in Quantum Logic
Av Enrico G. Beltrametti, Bas C. van Fraassen
Häftad, 2012
1425 kr
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These are the proceedings of the Workshop on Quantum Logic held in Erice (Sicily), December 2 - 9, 1979, at the Ettore Hajorana Centre for Scientific Culture. A conference of this sort was originally proposed by Giuliano Toraldo di Francia, who suggested the idea to Antonino Zichichi, and thus laid …
Experimental Side of Modeling
Av Isabelle F. Peschard, Bas C. van Fraassen
Inbunden, 2018
1825 kr
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An innovative, multifaceted approach to scientific experiments as designed by and shaped through interaction with the modeling processThe role of scientific modeling in mediation between theories and phenomena is a critical topic within the philosophy of science, touching on issues from climate …
Experimental Side of Modeling
Av Isabelle F. Peschard, Bas C. van Fraassen
Häftad, 2018
443 kr
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An innovative, multifaceted approach to scientific experiments as designed by and shaped through interaction with the modeling processThe role of scientific modeling in mediation between theories and phenomena is a critical topic within the philosophy of science, touching on issues from climate …
