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Philosophy of Science: Very Short Introduction
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Description
Starting at the very beginning, with a concise overview of the history of science, Okasha examines the nature of fundamental practices such as reasoning, causation, and explanation. Looking at scientific revolutions and the issue of scientific change, he asks whether there is a discernible pattern to the way scientific ideas change over time, and discusses realist versus anti-realist attitudes towards science. He finishes by considering science today, and the social and ethical philosophical
questions surrounding modern science.
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Product details
- Paperback | 160 pages
- 116 x 174 x 9mm | 126g
- 28 Sep 2016
- Oxford University Press
- Oxford, United Kingdom
- English
- Revised
- 2nd Revised edition
- 10 black and white images
- 0198745583
- 9780198745587
- 67,427
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Table of contents
2: Scientific Inference
3: Explanation in science
4: Realism and anti-realism
5: Scientific change and scientific revolutions
7: Science and its critics
Further reading
Index
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About Samir Okasha
appeared in multiple leading philosophy and science journal, and he has authored several books, including Evolution and the Levels of Selection (OUP, 2006) and Evolution and Rationality (CUP, 2014).
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