Explaining Science: A Cognitive Approach (Science and Its Conceptual Foundations series) - Softcover

Giere, Ronald N.

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9780226292069: Explaining Science: A Cognitive Approach (Science and Its Conceptual Foundations series)
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ISBN 10: 0226292061 ISBN 13: 9780226292069
Publisher: University of Chicago Press, 1990

Synopsis

"This volume presents an attempt to construct a unified cognitive theory of science in relatively short compass. It confronts the strong program in sociology of science and the positions of various postpositivist philosophers of science, developing significant alternatives to each in a reeadily comprehensible sytle. It draws loosely on recent developments in cognitive science, without burdening the argument with detailed results from that source. . . . The book is thus a provocative one. Perhaps that is a measure of its value: it will lead scholars and serious student from a number of science studies disciplines into continued and sharpened debate over fundamental questions."—Richard Burian, Isis

"The writing is delightfully clear and accessible. On balance, few books advance our subject as well."—Paul Teller, Philosophy of Science

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About the Author


Ronald N. Giere is professor of philosophy emeritus at the University of Minnesota, a former director of the Minnesota Center for Philosophy of Science, and a past president of the Philosophy of Science Association. He is the author or editor of many books, including, most recently, Science without Laws, also published by the University of Chicago Press.


From the Back Cover

Explaining Science challenges fundamental presuppositions of both the philosophy and the sociology of science. Finding a naturalistic middle ground between positivism and relativism, Ronald N. Giere suggests that scientific theories are families of models (similar to the 'cognitive maps' or 'mental models' of cognitive science) that reflect scientists' cognitive interactions with the world they observe.

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Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Publication date
1990
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0226292061
ISBN 13 
9780226292069
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
344
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