The philosophy of science : science and objectivity / George Couvalis.

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Couvalis, George, 1953-

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TextPublication details: London ; Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage Publications, 1997.Description: 1 online resource (viii, 206 pages)Content type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9781849206921
1849206929
0761951016
9780761951018
9781446217023
1446217027
9786612262791
6612262796

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Philosophy of science.DDC classification:

306.45 22

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Q175 .C74x 1997eb

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08.35
CC 3200
CC 3700
5,1

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Contents:

Cover; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1- Theory and Observation; 2 -- Induction and Probability; 3 -- Popper and Mill: Fallibility, Falsification and Coherence; 4 -- Revolutionary Change and Rationality:Kuhn and his Rivals; 5 -- Relativism and the Value of Science; 6 -- The Sociology of Knowledge and Feminism; 7 -- Realism and Instrumentalism; References; Index.

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Summary: This comprehensive textbook provides a clear nontechnical introduction to the philosophy of science. Through asking whether science can provide us with objective knowledge of the world, the book provides a thorough and accessible guide to the key thinkers and debates that define the field. George Couvalis surveys traditional themes around theory and observation, induction, probability, falsification and rationality as well as more recent challenges to objectivity including relativistic, feminist and sociological readings. This provides a helpful framework in which to locate the key intellectua.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-201) and index.

This comprehensive textbook provides a clear nontechnical introduction to the philosophy of science. Through asking whether science can provide us with objective knowledge of the world, the book provides a thorough and accessible guide to the key thinkers and debates that define the field. George Couvalis surveys traditional themes around theory and observation, induction, probability, falsification and rationality as well as more recent challenges to objectivity including relativistic, feminist and sociological readings. This provides a helpful framework in which to locate the key intellectua.

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