aronson jerrold l (14 risultati)

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Very Good - Crisp, clean, unread book with some shelfwear/edgewear, may have a remainder mark - NICE Standard-sized.

PAPERBACK. Condizione: VG. 1ST.

Softcover. Condizione: Very Good+. First Paperback Edition. Card covers show very light shelf wear, light soil bottom page edges.; A bright, solid book, card covers are clean and crisp, text unmarked.; 9.10 X 5.90 X 0.80 inches; 213 pages; "Does science give us a progressively more accurate and objective account of the world? This book by three leading philosophers of science presents a new defense of scientific realism against skeptical and positivist attacks. While positivists view scientific theories as devices for predicting observable phenomena, realists maintain that theories describe hidden processes which account for observable phenomena.This problem raises the question: What are scientific theories about? Do they refer to an unobservable yet real realm of physical processes? It seems undeniable that the scientific endeavor has in some sense made progress. But is the increasing practical success of the physical sciences good grounds for believing that their theories and techniques lead us nearer to the truth? According to Aronson, Harre, and Way, past failures to answer these questions have been due in large part to the assumption that knowledge is expressed in propositions and organized by the canons of logic. On the assumption that science must meet the world in a correspondence between statements and states of affairs, realism turns out to be difficult to defend. Realism Rescued offers a new direction, relying on the importance of models in scientific work. Theories are not to be thought of as sets of propositions, though they can be expressed propositionally. Rather they are models, chunks of orderings of natural kinds. For the first time, the indispensability of models is turned into a powerful argument for realism, an argument that confronts the skeptic on his own ground. By drawing on a new technique of knowledge representation developed in Artificial Intelligence, the dynamic type-hierarchy, the authorsgive a convincing account of the central role of models. Such concepts as verisimilitude, natural kind, natural necessity, and natural law can then be presented far more clearly than ever before.".

Condizione: Normal. Macmillan. London, 1984 22,5 x 14,5 cm., 278 pag. Encuadernacion de Editorial; buen estado de conservacion. FILOSOFIA-PENSAMIENTO . Ejemplares disponibles: 1 Normal.

Brossura. Collana a cura di Francesco Barone e Vittorio Somenzi.Traduzione di Rosalba Camedda. Metodologia delle scienze e filosofia del linguaggio. Numero di tavole: 0 pp.275 altezza 0 larghezza 0 Esemplare in buone condizioni.Copertina con forte ingiallimento, macchie di polvere e segni di usura ai bordi e agli angoli.Tagli con macchie di polvere. Gore d'umidità e fioriture in seconda e terza di copertina. Numerose sottolineature e appunti a matita fino alla pagina 22.Pagine brunite ai bordi.Testo in Lingua Italiana.

Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. 213 pages in very good condition. Pages have some light penciling throughout. Page edges are lightly smudged. Bound in black and mauve card covers with white titles. Lightly worn around the edges. Creased on the spine. VG. Book.

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Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First edition 1984, first UK edition, first printing. Published by Macmillan, London, UK. Hardcover in full green cloth with bright gold stamped title and author's name on front cover and spine without DJ. Condition fine inside, square tight and clean book, no names no underlinings no highlights, no bent page corners, covers with very slight wear at points, not a reminder. 8vo, X + 278 pages, index.

Hardcover. Condizione: Gut. 278 Seiten guter Zustand/ good Ex-Library. ha1046948 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 600.

1st edition hardback in original cloth Nice copy octavo x + 278pp., index, Nice copy retaining original glassine wrappers.

Condizione: New. pp. 288.

Hardcover. Condizione: VG+. First Edition. 278 pages in excellent condition. Green hardcovers with gilt titles. Very light wear on corners and edges. VG+. Book.

Condizione: New. Print on Demand pp. 288.

Condizione: New. PRINT ON DEMAND pp. 288.