The philosophy of science : science and objectivity /

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Author / Creator:Couvalis, George, 1953-
Imprint:London ; Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage Publications, 1997.
Description:1 online resource (viii, 206 pages)
Language:English
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11286553
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ISBN:9781849206921
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Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-201) and index.
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Summary:This comprehensive textbook provides a clear nontechnical introduction to the philosophy of science. Through asking whether science can provide us with objective knowledge of the world, the book provides a thorough and accessible guide to the key thinkers and debates that define the field. George Couvalis surveys traditional themes around theory and observation, induction, probability, falsification and rationality as well as more recent challenges to objectivity including relativistic, feminist and sociological readings. This provides a helpful framework in which to locate the key intellectua.
Other form:Print version: Couvalis, George. Philosophy of science. London ; Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage Publications, 1997 9780761951001
Standard no.:9780761951018