Introduction to the philosophy of science : cutting nature at its seams / Robert Klee.

By: Material type: TextPublication details: New York : Oxford University Press, 1997.Description: xi, 258 p. : ill. ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 0195106105 (clothbound)
  • 9780195106107 (clothbound)
  • 0195106113 (paper)
  • 9780195106114 (paper)
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Online version:: Introduction to the philosophy of science.LOC classification:
  • Q 175 .K548 1997
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Contents:
Ch. 1. The Case of Allergic Disease: From Everyday Observation to Microstructural Explanation -- Ch. 2. The Positivist Model of Scientific Theories -- Ch. 3. Trouble in Positivist Paradise -- Ch. 4. The Underdetermination of Theory -- Ch. 5. Reductionism, Antireductionism, and Supervenience -- Ch. 6. The Structure of Scientific Explanation -- Ch. 7. The Revenge of Historicism -- Ch. 8. The Social Constructivist Challenge -- Ch. 9. The Politics of Epistemology -- Ch. 10. The Actual Way Things Really Are.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [251]-252) and index.

Ch. 1. The Case of Allergic Disease: From Everyday Observation to Microstructural Explanation -- Ch. 2. The Positivist Model of Scientific Theories -- Ch. 3. Trouble in Positivist Paradise -- Ch. 4. The Underdetermination of Theory -- Ch. 5. Reductionism, Antireductionism, and Supervenience -- Ch. 6. The Structure of Scientific Explanation -- Ch. 7. The Revenge of Historicism -- Ch. 8. The Social Constructivist Challenge -- Ch. 9. The Politics of Epistemology -- Ch. 10. The Actual Way Things Really Are.

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