Philosophy of Science Today

Erscheinungsjahr 2003
ISBN: 978-0-19-925054-7
Verlag: OUP Oxford

Buch, Englisch, 306 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 628 g

state-of-the-art guide to the fast-developing area of the philosophy of science. An eminent international team of authors covers a wide range of topics at the intersection of philosophy and the sciences, including causation, realism, methodology and epistemology.

A state-of-the-art guide to the fast-developing area of the philosophy of science. An eminent international team of authors covers a wide range of topics at the intersection of philosophy and the sciences, including causation, realism, methodology, epistemology and the philosophical foundations of physics, biology and psychology. An expanded version of a special issue of the journal "BJPS", this collection should be valuable to advanced students as well as to scholars.

Introduction; 1. The Logic of Success; 2. The Theory of Knowledge: Saving Epistemology from the Epistemologists; 3. The Scientific Realism Debate; 4. 'New Age' Philosophies of Science: Constructivism, Feminism, and Postmodernism; 5. Causation; 6. Philosophy of Mind; 7. Philosophy of Biology; 8. Philosophy of Mathematics; 9. Geometry and Motion; 10. Indeterminacy and Entanglement: The Challenge of Quantum Mechanics; 11. Philosophical Foundations of Quantum Field Theory; 12. Interpreting Theories: The Case of Statistical Mechanics; Index

Autoren/Hrsg.

Clark, Peter

Hawley, Katherine

Fachgebiete

• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Zeit: Philosophische, Psychologische, Soziale Aspekte
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Wissenschaftstheorie, Wissenschaftsphilosophie
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Allgemeines Wissenschaften: Theorie, Epistemologie, Methodik

Über Autor(innen)

Clark, Peter / Hawley, Katherine (both of the Department of Logic and Metaphysics, University of St Andrews)