EXPLAINING SCIENCE A Cognitive Approach

GIERE, Ronald N.

ISBN 10: 0226292053 / ISBN 13: 9780226292052

Editore: University of Chicago Press, Chicago & London, 1988

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xxi+321; pristine bar sm.dated sig. top fr. free endpaper & a few tiny spots top edge of textblock; unclipped jacket clean, sl.outward curling & v.tiny nick top fr. An excellent copy of this influential work. The final chapter is on 'Explaining the Revolution in Geology' (associated with the proof of continental drift) viewed in the light of his analysis. Size: 16 Cms x 23.5 Cms. Codice articolo 004874

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Titolo: EXPLAINING SCIENCE A Cognitive Approach

Casa editrice: University of Chicago Press, Chicago & London

Data di pubblicazione: 1988

Legatura: Blue Cloth

Condizione: Fine-

Condizione sovraccoperta: VG-Fine

Edizione: 1st ed.

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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

L'autore:

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