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Hung, Edwin
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Date of Publication
20130101
EAN
9781133943037
ISBN
1133943039
Subject Area
Philosophy, Education, Science
Book Title
Philosophy of Science Complete: A Text on Traditional Problems...
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Philosophy of Science Complete: A Text on Traditional Problems...
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Publication Name
Philosophy of Science Complete : a Text on Traditional Problems and Schools of Thought
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Wadsworth
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0.8 in
Subject
Philosophy & Social Aspects, General, Teaching Methods & Materials / General
Publication Year
2013
Type
Textbook
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Item Height
9 in
Author
Edwin Hung
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Revised
Item Weight
25.6 Oz
Item Width
7.3 in
Number of Pages
512 Pages
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Publisher
Wadsworth
ISBN-10
1133943039
ISBN-13
9781133943037
eBay Product ID (ePID)
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Number of Pages
512 Pages
Publication Name
Philosophy of Science Complete : a Text on Traditional Problems and Schools of Thought
Language
English
Subject
Philosophy & Social Aspects, General, Teaching Methods & Materials / General
Publication Year
2013
Features
Revised
Type
Textbook
Author
Edwin Hung
Subject Area
Philosophy, Education, Science
Format
Trade Paperback

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Item Height
9 in
Item Weight
25.6 Oz
Item Length
0.8 in
Item Width
7.3 in

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Edition Number
2
Intended Audience
College Audience
Dewey Edition
23
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Preface.A Word to Instructors.A Word to Students.INTRODUCTION: WHAT IS THE PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE? A Tale of Two Theories: The Story of Light.BOOK I. TRADITIONAL PROBLEMS: TRUTH, EXPLANATION, AND REALITY.PART I. BASIC TYPES OF REASONING IN SCIENCE. 1. Hypotheses.2. Deductive Reasoning.3. Inductive Reasoning.4. Statistical and Probalistic Reasoning.PART II. THE SEARCH FOR TRUTH.5. Empirical Discovery of Plausible Hypotheses.6. Empirical Evaluation I: Indirect Tests and Auxiliary Hypotheses.7. Empirical Evaluation II: Crucial Tests and AD HOC Revisions.8. Theoretical Justification: Theories and Their Uses.9. Conventionalism and the Duhem-Quine Thesis.PART III. THE QUEST FOR EXPLANATION.10. Covering-Law Thesis of Explanation.11. Universal Laws of Nature.12. Probalistic Explanation and Probalistic Causality.13. Teleological Explanation, Mind, and Reductionism.14. Other Theories of Explanation: the Contextual, the Casual, and the Unificatory.PART IV. THE PURSUIT OF REALITY.15. The Classical View of Scientific Theories.16. Realism Versus Instrumentalism.17. Critiques of the Classical View.18. Antirealism I: The Empiricist Challenge.Intermezzo: So, How Does Science Work? BOOK II. SCHOOLS OF THOUGHT: RATIONALISM, EMPIRICISM, POSITIVISM, AND CONSTRUCTIVISMPART V. RATIONALISM AND EMPIRICISM.19. Rationalism and Then Empiricism.20. Problems of Empiricism IA: Hume's Problem.21. Problems of Empiricism IB: Goodman's Paradox and Hempel's Paradox.22. Problems of Empiricism II: Problem of Observation.PART VI. THE CLASSICAL DYNASTY.23. Logical Positivism.24. Popper's Falsificationism.PART VII. THE WELTANSCHAUUNG REVOLUTION.25. Introduction: Two Paradigm Theories.26. Kuhn I: Normal Science and Revolutionary Science.27. Kuhn II: Incommensurability and Relativism.PART VIII. TOWARDS HISTORY, SOCIOLOGY, AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE.28. Lakatos: The Revisionist Popperian.29. Laudan: The Eclectic Historicist.30. History, Sociology, and Philosophy of Science.31. Antirealism II: The Constructivist Rebellion.32. Artificial Intelligience and the Philosophy of Science.Epilogue.Bibliography.Index., The author strikes a near-perfect balance between the background issues in philosophy of science drawn from empirically-driven scientific discoveries, and the more purely philosophical issues.
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Dewey Decimal
501
Table Of Content
Preface.A Word to Instructors.A Word to Students.INTRODUCTION: WHAT IS THE PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE? A Tale of Two Theories: The Story of Light.BOOK I. TRADITIONAL PROBLEMS: TRUTH, EXPLANATION, AND REALITY.PART I. BASIC TYPES OF REASONING IN SCIENCE. 1. Hypotheses.2. Deductive Reasoning.3. Inductive Reasoning.4. Statistical and Probalistic Reasoning.PART II. THE SEARCH FOR TRUTH.5. Empirical Discovery of Plausible Hypotheses.6. Empirical Evaluation I: Indirect Tests and Auxiliary Hypotheses.7. Empirical Evaluation II: Crucial Tests and AD HOC Revisions.8. Theoretical Justification: Theories and Their Uses.9. Conventionalism and the Duhem-Quine Thesis.PART III. THE QUEST FOR EXPLANATION.10. Covering-Law Thesis of Explanation.11. Universal Laws of Nature.12. Probalistic Explanation and Probalistic Causality.13. Teleological Explanation, Mind, and Reductionism.14. Other Theories of Explanation: the Contextual, the Casual, and the Unificatory.PART IV. THE PURSUIT OF REALITY.15. The Classical View of Scientific Theories.16. Realism Versus Instrumentalism.17. Critiques of the Classical View.18. Antirealism I: The Empiricist Challenge.Intermezzo: So, How Does Science Work? BOOK II. SCHOOLS OF THOUGHT: RATIONALISM, EMPIRICISM, POSITIVISM, AND CONSTRUCTIVISMPART V. RATIONALISM AND EMPIRICISM.19. Rationalism and Then Empiricism.20. Problems of Empiricism IA: Hume's Problem.21. Problems of Empiricism IB: Goodman's Paradox and Hempel's Paradox.22. Problems of Empiricism II: Problem of Observation.PART VI. THE CLASSICAL DYNASTY.23. Logical Positivism.24. Popper's Falsificationism.PART VII. THE WELTANSCHAUUNG REVOLUTION.25. Introduction: Two Paradigm Theories.26. Kuhn I: Normal Science and Revolutionary Science.27. Kuhn II: Incommensurability and Relativism.PART VIII. TOWARDS HISTORY, SOCIOLOGY, AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE.28. Lakatos: The Revisionist Popperian.29. Laudan: The Eclectic Historicist.30. History, Sociology, and Philosophy of Science.31. Antirealism II: The Constructivist Rebellion.32. Artificial Intelligience and the Philosophy of Science.Epilogue.Bibliography.Index.
Edition Description
Revised edition
Synopsis
One of the most comprehensive and yet accessible texts on the market, PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE COMPLETE: A TEXT ON TRADITIONAL PROBLEMS AND SCHOOLS OF THOUGHT, Second Edition is updated to include current developments in this complex field of study. This volume consists of two parts: Book I deals with traditional problems in the philosophy of science: logic, explanation, and epistemology. Book II presents various schools and systems of thought from the philosophy of science. Prominently featured are: rationalism, empiricism, logical positivism and constructivism. The text offers both breadth and depth, but is written in clear and straightforward language, making it appropriate for philosophy of science courses at both the undergraduate and graduate levels.
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Q175

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