Theory and Reality
Subtitle: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Science (Science and Its Conceptual Foundations series)
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
Published: August 1, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 272
ISBN-13: 9780226300634
Subjects: Philosophy of science; Science; Science/Mathematics; General; Philosophy & Social Aspects; Science / Philosophy & Social Aspects; Philosophy
First sentence: This book is a survey of roughly one hundred years of argument about the nature of science.
Description: "Theory and Reality covers logical positivism, the problems of induction and confirmation; Karl Popper's theory of science; Thomas Kuhn and "scientific revolutions;" the views of Imre Lakatos, Larry Laudan, and Paul Feyerabend; and challenges to the field from sociology of science, feminism, and science studies. The book then looks in more detail at some specific problems and theories, including scientific realism, the theory-ladeness of observation, scientific explanation, and Bayesianism. Finally, Godfrey-Smith defends a form of philosophical naturalism as the best way to solve the main problems in the field."--Publisher description.