The Structure of Science : Problems in the Logic of Scientific Explanation

Ernst Nagel

ISBN 10: 0915144719 / ISBN 13: 9780915144716

Published by Hackett Publishing Co, Inc Jun 1979, 1979

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Neuware - 'Ernest Nagel''s work, The Structure of Science, has earned for itself the status of an outstanding standard work in its field. It offers an exceptionally thorough and comprehensive methodological and philosophical exploration encountered in those diverse fields. Nagel''s discussion is distinguished by the lucidity of its style, the incisiveness of its reasoning, and the solidity of its grounding in all the major branches of scientific inquiry. The Structure of Science has become a highly influential work that is widely invoked in the methodological and philosophical literature. Recent controversies between analytics and historic-sociological approaches to the philosophy of science have not diminished its significance; in fact, it seems to me that the pragmatist component in Nagel''s thinking may be helpful for efforts to develop a rapprochement between the contending schools.' --Carl G. Hempel.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Structure of Science : Problems in the Logic of Scientific Explanation
• Publisher: Hackett Publishing Co, Inc Jun 1979
• Publication Date: 1979
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0915144719
• ISBN 13: 9780915144716
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Edition: 2nd Edition
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 218W x 140H x 34D millimeters 218 millimeters width by 140 millimeters height by 34 millimeters depth
• Weight: 717 grams

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"Ernest Nagel's work, The Structure of Science, has earned for itself the status of an outstanding standard work in its field. It offers an exceptionally thorough and comprehensive methodological and philosophical exploration encountered in those diverse fields. Nagel's discussion is distinguished by the lucidity of its style, the incisiveness of its reasoning, and the solidity of its grounding in all the major branches of scientific inquiry. The Structure of Science has become a highly influential work that is widely invoked in the methodological and philosophical literature. Recent controversies between analytics and historic-sociological approaches to the philosophy of science have not diminished its significance; in fact, it seems to me that the pragmatist component in Nagel's thinking may be helpful for efforts to develop a rapprochement between the contending schools." --Carl G. Hempel