Understanding How Science Explains the World (Understanding Life)

McCain, Kevin

ISBN 10: 1108995500 / ISBN 13: 9781108995504

Editore: Cambridge University Press, 2022

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• Titolo: Understanding How Science Explains the World (Understanding Life)
• Editore: Cambridge University Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2022
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1108995500
• ISBN 13: 9781108995504
• Rilegatura: paperback
• Condizione: Good

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Riassunto

An accessible exploration of scientific explanation and how it leads to knowledge and understanding of the world.

Informazioni sull?autore

Kevin McCain is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. His academic research interests lie in epistemology and philosophy of science, focusing on the role of explanatory reasoning in the production of scientific knowledge. He is the author/editor of numerous articles and books, including Uncertainty: How It Makes Science Advance (Oxford University Press, 2019), What Is Scientific Knowledge (Routledge, 2019) and The Nature of Scientific Knowledge (Springer, 2016).