Understanding Explanation And Scientific Knowledge
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Understanding Explanation And Scientific Knowledge
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Author : Kareem Khalifa
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2017
Understanding Explanation And Scientific Knowledge written by Kareem Khalifa and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017 with PHILOSOPHY categories.
First comprehensive exploration of the nature and value of understanding, addressing burgeoning debates in epistemology and philosophy of science.
Explaining Science S Success
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Author : John Wright
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2017-07-13
Explaining Science S Success written by John Wright and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-07-13 with categories.
Paul Feyeraband famously asked, what's so great about science? One answer is that it has been surprisingly successful in getting things right about the natural world, more successful than non-scientific or pre-scientific systems, religion or philosophy. Science has been able to formulate theories that have successfully predicted novel observations. It has produced theories about parts of reality that were not observable or accessible at the time those theories were first advanced, but the claims about those inaccessible areas have since turned out to be true. And science has, on occasion, advanced on more or less a priori grounds theories that subsequently turned out to be highly empirically successful. In this book the philosopher of science, John Wright delves deep into science's methodology to offer an explanation for this remarkable success story.
Understanding How Science Explains The World
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Author : Kevin McCain
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2022-07-07
Understanding How Science Explains The World written by Kevin McCain and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-07-07 with Science categories.
All people desire to know. We want to not only know what has happened, but also why it happened, how it happened, whether it will happen again, whether it can be made to happen or not happen, and so on. In short, what we want are explanations. Asking and answering explanatory questions lies at the very heart of scientific practice. The primary aim of this book is to help readers understand how science explains the world. This book explores the nature and contours of scientific explanation, how such explanations are evaluated, as well as how they lead to knowledge and understanding. As well as providing an introduction to scientific explanation, it also tackles misconceptions and misunderstandings, while remaining accessible to a general audience with little or no prior philosophical training.
Scientific Knowledge
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Author : J.H. Fetzer
language : en
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Release Date : 2012-12-06
Scientific Knowledge written by J.H. Fetzer and has been published by Springer Science & Business Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-12-06 with Science categories.
With this defense of intensional realism as a philosophical foundation for understanding scientific procedures and grounding scientific knowledge, James Fetzer provides a systematic alternative to much of recent work on scientific theory. To Fetzer, the current state of understanding the 'laws' of nature, or the 'law-like' statements of scientific theories, appears to be one of philosophical defeat; and he is determined to overcome that defeat. Based upon his incisive advocacy of the single-case propensity interpretation of probability, Fetzer develops a coherent structure within which the central problems of the philosophy of science find their solutions. Whether the reader accepts the author's contentions may, in the end, depend upon ancient choices in the interpretation of experience and explanation, but there can be little doubt of Fetzer's spirited competence in arguing for setting ontology before epistemology, and within the analysis of language. To us, Fetzer's ambition is appealing, fusing, as he says, the substantive commitment of the Popperian with the conscientious sensitivity of the Hempelian to the technical precision required for justified explication. To Fetzer, science is the objective pursuit of fallible general knowledge. This innocent character ization, which we suppose most scientists would welcome, receives a most careful elaboration in this book; it will demand equally careful critical con sideration. Center for the Philosophy and ROBERT S. COHEN History of Science, MARX W. WARTOFSKY Boston University October 1981 v TABLE OF CONTENTS EDITORIAL PREFACE v FOREWORD xi ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS xv PART I: CAUSATION 1.
Understanding Primary Science
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Author : Martin Wenham
language : en
Publisher: Paul Chapman Educational Publishing
Release Date : 1995-04-11
Understanding Primary Science written by Martin Wenham and has been published by Paul Chapman Educational Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995-04-11 with Education categories.
Kitemarked by the TTA `It will be a welcome companion to the many activity-related primary science programmes which have been published in the last ten years in England. It will fill a gap for teachers of primary science world wide too, as its examples are most generally available, and, though it complements The National Curriculum, it is not tied uniquely to it, either in the language it uses or the topics it includes′ - International Science Journal `The author has written a fine book which is a bold attempt to offer information and guidance to those teachers who declare a lack of confidence in their background knowledge of science′ - Primary Science Review `A publication such as this was long overdue and will be warmly welcomed by many. Highly recommended for schools and primary student teachers′ - Child Education Based on the requirements of The National Curriculum but not confined to them, the book sets out the facts, develops the concepts and explains the theories needed to understand the observations and investigations which children at primary level are likely to undertake. The aim has been to meet the needs of all primary teachers and their pupils, including those working towards the Attainment Targets at levels 4 and 5, as set out in the Statutory Orders issued in January 1995. This has meant a fundamental rethink of the way in which many science topics are approached and developed, in order to avoid the use of ideas and theories which are too abstract and remote from children′s and teachers′ own experience. Ideas and explanations are supported throughout by practical examples and demonstrations, most of which can be readily adapted for use in the classroom. The text does not assume a great deal of specialized scientific knowledge, but it does assume that readers will be willing to try things out for themselves and think again about experiences which they and their pupils may at present take for granted.
Understanding Educational Research
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Author : Deobold B. Van Dalen
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1962
Understanding Educational Research written by Deobold B. Van Dalen and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1962 with Education categories.
Archives Internationales D Histoire Des Sciences
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2010
Archives Internationales D Histoire Des Sciences written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010 with Science categories.
Scientific Knowledge
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Author : Janet A. Kourany
language : en
Publisher: Cengage Learning
Release Date : 1998
Scientific Knowledge written by Janet A. Kourany and has been published by Cengage Learning this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998 with Education categories.
Containing 31 readings reflecting the dynamism of the field, this book provides readers with the most current and relevant readings available on issues in the philosophy of science. All of the readings have been selected based on their clarity and coverage of the prevailing debates in the philosophy of science--from logical positivism to anit-realism. The book assumes no specialized training in formal logic or scientific methods and therefore can be appreciated by a wide range of readers.
Public Understanding Of Science
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2005
Public Understanding Of Science written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with Electronic journals categories.
An international journal of research in the public dimensions of science and technology.
The Epistemology Of Experimental Systems In Biological Research
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Author : Kevin Lattery
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1999
The Epistemology Of Experimental Systems In Biological Research written by Kevin Lattery and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999 with categories.