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Bibliographic Details

Title

Explaining Science: A Cognitive Approach

Publisher

Univ of Chicago Press, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.

Publication Date

1990

Language

English

ISBN 10

0226292061

ISBN 13

9780226292069

Binding

Paper Back

Condition

Very Good

Seller catalogs

Sciences & Tech. Subjects, inc. Maths & Astronomy

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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

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.

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