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Philosophy of Science: A Contemporary Introduction 4th edition [Minkštas viršelis]

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  • Formatas: Paperback / softback, 294 pages, aukštis x plotis: 229x152 mm, weight: 500 g, 3 Line drawings, black and white; 3 Illustrations, black and white
  • Serija: Routledge Contemporary Introductions to Philosophy
  • Išleidimo metai: 22-Nov-2019
  • Leidėjas: Routledge
  • ISBN-10: 1138331511
  • ISBN-13: 9781138331518
Kitos knygos pagal šią temą:
  • Formatas: Paperback / softback, 294 pages, aukštis x plotis: 229x152 mm, weight: 500 g, 3 Line drawings, black and white; 3 Illustrations, black and white
  • Serija: Routledge Contemporary Introductions to Philosophy
  • Išleidimo metai: 22-Nov-2019
  • Leidėjas: Routledge
  • ISBN-10: 1138331511
  • ISBN-13: 9781138331518
Kitos knygos pagal šią temą:

Any serious student attempting to better understand the nature, methods, and justification of science will value Alex Rosenberg and Lee McIntyre’s updated and substantially revised fourth edition of Philosophy of Science: A Contemporary Introduction. Weaving lucid explanations with clear analyses, the volume is a much- used, thematically oriented introduction to the field.

The fourth edition has been thoroughly rewritten based on instructor and student feedback, to improve readability and accessibility, without sacrificing depth. It retains, however, all of the logically structured, extensive coverage of earlier editions, which a review in the journal Teaching Philosophy called “the industry standard” and “essential reading.”

Key Features of the Fourth Edition:

  • Revised and rewritten for readability based on feedback from student and instructor surveys.
  • Updated text on the problem of underdetermination, social science, and the realism/antirealism debate.
  • Improved continuity between chapters.
  • Revised and updated Study Questions and annotated Suggested Readings at the end of each chapter.
  • Updated Bibliography.

For a list of relevant online primary sources, please visit: www.routledge.com/9781138331518.

Recenzijos

"Sets the industry standard. This book is essential reading for any serious student of the philosophy of science. [ ...]Rosenberg provides a comprehensive, sophisticated presentation of the current state of the field, and yet it is clear enough to be accessible to students. Rosenbergs text gets my highest recommendation for courses with students who are academically well prepared and motivated."

W. Russ Payne, in Teaching Philosophy

Preface to the Fourth Edition xiii
1 The Relationship between Philosophy and Science
1(19)
Overview
1(1)
What Is Philosophy?
2(1)
Philosophy and the Emergence of the Sciences
3(2)
Science and the Divisions of Philosophy
5(1)
What If There Are No Questions Left Over when Science Is Finished?
6(2)
A Short History of Philosophy as the Philosophy of Science
8(10)
Summary
18(1)
Study Questions
18(1)
Suggested Readings
19(1)
2 Why Is Philosophy of Science Important?
20(16)
Overview
20(1)
Scientific Questions and Questions about Science
20(3)
Modern Science Has Implications for Philosophy
23(6)
The Cultural Significance of Science
29(2)
Why Is Science the Only Feature of Western Culture Universally Adopted?
31(2)
Summary
33(1)
Study Questions
34(1)
Suggested Readings
34(2)
3 Scientific Explanation
36(20)
Overview
36(1)
Defining Scientific Explanation
37(2)
The Role of Laws in Scientific Explanation
39(2)
The Covering Law Model
41(3)
Problems for the Covering Law Model
44(5)
A Competing Conception of Scientific Explanation
49(4)
Summary
53(1)
Study Questions
54(1)
Suggested Readings
54(2)
4 Why Do Laws Explain?
56(18)
Overview
56(1)
What Is a Law of Nature?
57(1)
Counterfactual Support as a Symptom of the Necessity of Laws
58(2)
Counterfactuals and Causation
60(1)
Coming to Grips with Nomic Necessity
61(7)
Denying the Obvious?
68(3)
Summary
71(1)
Study Questions
72(1)
Suggested Readings
72(2)
5 Causation, Inexact Laws, and Statistical Probabilities
74(16)
Overview
74(1)
Causes as Explainers
75(5)
Ceteris Paribus Laws
80(2)
Statistical Laws and Probabilistic Causes
82(4)
Explanation as Unification
86(1)
Summary
87(1)
Study Questions
88(1)
Suggested Readings
88(2)
6 Laws and Explanations in Biology and the "Special Sciences"
90(16)
Overview
90(1)
Dissatisfaction with Causal Explanations
91(2)
Proprietary Laws in the "Special Sciences"
93(2)
Functional Laws and Biological Explanations
95(4)
Explaining Purposes or Explaining Them Away?
99(1)
From Intelligibility to Necessity
100(3)
Summary
103(1)
Study Questions
104(1)
Suggested Readings
105(1)
7 The Structure of Scientific Theories
106(19)
Overview
106(1)
How Do Theories Work? The Example of Newtonian Mechanics
107(5)
Theories as Explainers: The Hypothetico-Deductive Model
112(6)
The Philosophical Significance of Newtonian Mechanics and Theories
118(5)
Summary
123(1)
Study Questions
123(1)
Suggested Readings
124(1)
8 Epistemic and Metaphysical Issues about Scientific Theories
125(26)
Overview
125(1)
Reduction, Replacement, and the Progress of Science
126(7)
The Problem of Theoretical Terms
133(7)
Scientific Realism vs. Antirealism
140(7)
Summary
147(1)
Study Questions
148(1)
Suggested Readings
149(2)
9 Theory Construction vs. Model Building
151(18)
Overview
151(1)
Theories and Models
152(4)
Semantic vs. Syntactic Approaches to Theories and Models
156(3)
A Case Study: Darwin's Theory of Natural Selection
159(3)
Models and Theories in Evolutionary Biology
162(4)
Summary
166(1)
Study Questions
167(1)
Suggested Readings
167(2)
10 Induction and Probability
169(21)
Overview
169(1)
The Problem of Induction
170(5)
Statistics and Probability to the Rescue?
175(6)
How Much Can Bayes' Theorem Really Help?
181(6)
Summary
187(1)
Study Questions
188(1)
Suggested Readings
188(2)
11 Confirmation, Falsification, Underdetermination
190(16)
Overview
190(1)
Epistemological Problems of Hypothesis Testing
191(4)
Induction as a Pseudo-Problem: Popper's Gambit
195(5)
Underdetermination
200(4)
Summary
204(1)
Study Questions
205(1)
Suggested Readings
205(1)
12 Challenges from the History of Science
206(17)
Overview
206(1)
A Role for History in the Philosophy of Science?
207(5)
New Paradigms and Scientific Revolutions
212(5)
Are Scientific Research Programs Rational?
217(4)
Summary
221(1)
Study Questions
222(1)
Suggested Readings
222(1)
13 Naturalism in the Philosophy of Science
223(14)
Overview
223(1)
Quine and the Surrender of First Philosophy
223(5)
Naturalism, Multiple Realizability, and Supervenience
228(6)
Naturalism's Problem of Justification
234(1)
Summary
235(1)
Study Questions
236(1)
Suggested Readings
236(1)
14 The Contested Character of Science
237(19)
Overview
237(1)
Methodological Anarchism
238(2)
The "Strong Program" in the Sociology of Scientific Knowledge
240(4)
Postmodernism and the Science Wars
244(3)
Does the Sokal Hoax Prove Anything?
247(2)
Scientism, Sexism, and Significant Truths
249(5)
Summary
254(1)
Study Questions
254(1)
Suggested Readings
255(1)
15 Science, Relativism, and Objectivity
256(10)
Overview
256(1)
Relativism and Conceptual Schemes
256(3)
Dealing with Incommensurability
259(4)
Conclusion: The Very Idea of a Conceptual Scheme
263(2)
Study Questions
265(1)
Suggested Readings
265(1)
Glossary 266(8)
Bibliography 274(8)
Index 282
Alex Rosenberg is R. Taylor Cole Professor and Chair in the Philosophy Department at Duke University. He is also co- director of Dukes Center for Philosophy of Biology. Rosenberg has held fellowships from the National Science Foundation, the American Council of Learned Societies, and the John Simon Guggenheim Foundation. In 1993, Rosenberg received the Lakatos Award in the philosophy of science.

Lee McIntyre is a Research Fellow at the Center for Philosophy and History of Science at Boston University. He is the author of Respecting Truth (2015); Post- Truth (2018); and The Scientific Attitude (2019)