xxi+321; pristine bar sm.dated sig. top fr. free endpaper & a few tiny spots top edge of textblock; unclipped jacket clean, sl.outward curling & v.tiny nick top fr. An excellent copy of this influential work. The final chapter is on 'Explaining the Revolution in Geology' (associated with the proof of continental drift) viewed in the light of his analysis. Size: 16 Cms x 23.5 Cms. Seller Inventory # 004874

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Title: EXPLAINING SCIENCE A Cognitive Approach

Publisher: University of Chicago Press, Chicago & London

Publication Date: 1988

Binding: Blue Cloth

Condition: Fine-

Dust Jacket Condition: VG-Fine

Edition: 1st ed.

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An attempt to construct a unified cognitive theory of science. Topics include theories of science, models, realism, experiments, and more. Notes. References. Index. 321p.

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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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