Bloomsbury Philosophy of Science The Key Thinkers - Softcover

James Robert Brown

Softcover

ISBN 10: 9386643480 ISBN 13: 9789386643483

Publisher: Bloomsbury, 2017

Synopsis

All the great philosophers from Plato and Aristotle to the present day have been philosophers of science. However, this book concentrates on modern philosophy of science, starting in the nineteenth century and offering coverage of all the leading thinkers in the field including Whewell, Mill, Reichenbach, Carnap, Popper, Feyerabend, Putnam, van Fraassen, Bloor, Latour, Hacking, Cartwright and many more. Crucially the book demonstrates how the ideas and arguments of these key thinkers have contributed to our understanding of such central issues as experience and necessity, conventionalism, logical empiricism, induction and falsification, the sociology of science, and realism. Ideal for undergraduate students, the book lays the necessary foundations for a complete and thorough understanding of this fascinating subject.

Edition details

• Publisher: Bloomsbury
• Publication date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9386643480
• ISBN 13: 9789386643483
• Binding: Paperback