Kent W. Staley

Introduction to the Philosophy of Science (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This book guides readers by gradual steps through the central concepts and debates in the philosophy of science. Using concrete examples from the history of science, Kent W. Staley shows how seemingly abstract philosophical issues are relevant to important aspects of scientific practice. Structured in two parts, the book first tackles the central concepts of the philosophy of science, such as the problem of induction, falsificationism, and underdetermination, and important figures and movements, such as the logical empiricists, Thomas Kuhn, and Paul Feyerabend. The second part turns to contemporary debates in the philosophy of science, such as scientific realism, explanation, the role of values in science, the different views of scientific inference, and probability. This broad yet detailed overview will give readers a strong grounding whilst also providing opportunities for further exploration. It will be of particular interest to students of philosophy, the philosophy of science, and science.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. November 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781316093795
• Artikelnr.: 52955097

Autorenporträt

Kent W. Staley is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Saint Louis University, Missouri. His publications include The Evidence for the Top Quark: Objectivity and Bias in Collaborative Experimentation (Cambridge, 2004).

Inhaltsangabe

Preface: philosophy of science for philosophers, scientists, and everyone else
Part I. Background and Basic Concepts: 1. Some problems of induction
2. Falsificationism: science without induction?
3. Underdetermination
4. Logical empiricism and scientific theories
5. Kuhn: scientific revolutions as paradigm changes
6. Lakatos: scientific research programmes
7. Feyerabend: epistemological anarchism
Part II. Ongoing Investigations: 8. Reasoning with probability: Bayesianism
9. Reasoning with probability: frequentism
10. Realism and anti-realism
11. Explanation
12. Values in science
References
Index.