Philosophy of science : a new introduction / Gillian Barker, Philip Kitcher
Series: Fundamentals of philosophy seriesPublication details: New York : Oxford University Press, c2014.Description: x, 180p. : 21 cmContent type:- text
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- 9780195366198
- 501 23 BAR
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TABLE OF CONTENT
Science and philosophy. Scientific disputes and philosophical questions; Modern science: A brief history; Images of Science
The analytic project. Demarcating science; Confirmation; Theories; Explanation; Failures, and successes
The view from the sciences. The sciences on their own terms; The ideal of unified science; The ineradicability of causation; Against the supernatural; Making sense of ourselves; Naturalizing knowledge
Science, history, and society. More than anecdote; Frameworks and revolutions; The bogey of relativism; Success, truth, and progress; Progress without truth?
Critical voices. A mixture of challenges; Diversity and the feminist critique; The cultural critique; The ecological critique; Antiscience; Science as a social endeavor; Knowledge and power
Science, values, and politics. The aims of the sciences; Values and choices; The autonomy of the sciences; Powers behind the lab; What do "we" want to know?; Deciding what we know
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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