Introduction to the philosophy of science / Anthony O'Hear.
By: O'Hear, Anthony.
Material type: BookPublisher: Oxford : New York : Clarendon Press ; Oxford University Press, 1989Description: x, 239 p. ; 23 cm.ISBN: 0198248148 ; 019824813X .Subject(s): Science -- Philosophy | Science -- MethodologyDDC classification: 501Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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This balanced and up-to-date introduction to the philosophy of science covers all the main topics in the area, and initiates the student into the moral and social reality of science. O'Hear discusses the growth of knowledge of science, the status of scientific theories and their relationship to observational data, the extent to which scientific theories rest on unprovable paradigms, and the nature of scientific explanations. In later chapters he considers probability, scientific reductionism, the relationship between science and technology, and the relationship between scientific and other values.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-236) and index.
Science as an intellectual activity -- Induction -- Falsification -- Science and non-science -- Observation and theory -- Scientific realism -- Probability -- Scientific reductions -- Science and culture.
Table of contents provided by Syndetics
- Foreword (p. vii)
- I Science as an Intellectual Activity (p. 1)
- 12 Induction (p. 12)
- 3 Falsification (p. 35)
- 4 Science and Non-Science (p. 54)
- 5 Observation and Theory (p. 82)
- 6 Scientific Realism (p. 106)
- 7 Probability (p. 144)
- 8 Scientific Reductions (p. 177)
- 9 Science and Culture (p. 202)
- Suggestions for Further Reading (p. 233)
- Index (p. 237)