Explaining science : a cognitive approach / / Ronald N. Giere

• Autore: Giere Ronald N
• Pubblicazione: Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, c1988
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (345 p.)
• Disciplina: 500
• Soggetto topico: Science - Philosophy; Science - Social aspects; Cognition; Realism
• Soggetto non controllato: scientific, explanation, explained, scientist, cognition, brain, mental, academic, scholarly, philosophy, philosophical, cognitive, theory, theoretical, relativism, rationality, judgment, representation, naturalist, naturalistic, social, empiricism, metaphysical, continental drift, physics, mechanics, realism, laboratory, hypotheses, nuclear
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front matter -- Contents -- Figures -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Toward a Unified Cognitive Theory of Science -- 2. Theories of Science -- 3. Models and Theories -- 4. Constructive Realism -- 5. Realism in the Laboratory -- 6. Scientific Judgment -- 7. Models and Experiments -- 8. Explaining the Revolution in Geology -- Epilogue: Reflexive Reflections -- Notes -- References -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: "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 post positivist philosophers of science, developing significant alternatives to each in a readily comprehensible style. 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Explaining Science
• ISBN: 1-283-05821-9; 9786613058218; 0-226-29203-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910816233303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Science and its conceptual foundations.