Representing and intervening: introductory topics in the philosophy of natural science

An introduction to the philosophy of natural science, organized around the central theme of scientific realism

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Main Author: Hacking, Ian 1936-2023 (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge Cambridge University Press [2010]
Edition:1. published 1983, 25. printing
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Online Access:Inhaltsverzeichnis
Summary:An introduction to the philosophy of natural science, organized around the central theme of scientific realism
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
Preface -- Introduction: Rationality -- Part A. Representing. What is scientific realism? ; Building and causing ; Positivism ; Pragmatism ; Incommensurability ; Reference ; Internal realism ; A surrogate for truth -- Break: Reals and representations -- Part B. Intervening. Experiment ; Observation ; Microscopes ; Speculation, calculation, models, approximations ; The creation of phenomena ; Measurement ; Baconian topics ; Experimentation and scientific realism
Physical Description:XV, 287 Seiten 23 cm
ISBN:0521238293
9780521238298
0521282462
9780521282468

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