Explaining Science: A Cognitive Approach

Giere, Ronald N.

ISBN 10: 0226292061 / ISBN 13: 9780226292069

Editore: University of Chicago Press, 1990

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Riassunto:

"This volume presents an attempt to construct a unified cognitive theory of science in relatively short compass. It confronts the strong program in sociology of science and the positions of various postpositivist philosophers of science, developing significant alternatives to each in a reeadily comprehensible sytle. It draws loosely on recent developments in cognitive science, without burdening the argument with detailed results from that source. . . . The book is thus a provocative one. Perhaps that is a measure of its value: it will lead scholars and serious student from a number of science studies disciplines into continued and sharpened debate over fundamental questions."—Richard Burian, Isis

"The writing is delightfully clear and accessible. On balance, few books advance our subject as well."—Paul Teller, Philosophy of Science

Informazioni sull?autore:

Ronald N. Giere is professor of philosophy at the University of Minnesota. He is the author of Understanding Scientific Reasoning.

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Titolo: Explaining Science: A Cognitive Approach
Casa editrice: University of Chicago Press
Data di pubblicazione: 1990
Legatura: Paperback
Condizione: Very Good
Condizione sovraccoperta: No Jacket