Broschiertes Buch

Scientific Understanding

Philosophical Perspectives

Herausgeber: de Regt, Henk; Eigner, Kai; Leonelli, Sabina

Beschreibung

Examines the essential role of understanding in the scientific process, through three key topics: understanding and explanation, understanding and models, and understanding in scientific practice.

Autor

Henk de Regt is a philosophy lecturer at VU University Amsterdam. He has published on the history and philosophy of science, with a focus on scientific explanation and understanding. He is co-founder of the European Philosophy of Science Association and of the Society for Philosophy of Science in Practice. Sabina Leonelli is a research fellow of the ESRC Centre for Genomics in Society (Egenis) at the University of Exeter, UK. She investigates philosophical issues in relation to bioinformatics and model organism research in the biomedical sciences. Kai Eigner teaches philosophy of science at VU University Amsterdam. His research focuses on scientific understanding in the behavioral and cognitive sciences.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Pittsburgh Press
• Seitenzahl: 368
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. September 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 226mm x 151mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 490g
• ISBN-13: 9780822962793
• ISBN-10: 0822962799
• Artikelnr.: 38607640