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The advancement of science : science without legend, objectivity without illusions / Philip Kitcher.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kitcher, Philip, 1947- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Science--History.
- Science.
- Science--Philosophy.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (viii, 421 pages) : illustrations
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Other Title:
- Science without legend, objectivity without illusions
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, c1993.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Beginning from an outline of classical views in philosophy of science, this text attempts to understand the notions of scientific progress, scientific objectivity, and the growth of knowledge.
- Contents:
- Legend's legacy
- Darwin's achievement
- The microstructure of scientific change
- Varieties of progress
- Realism and scientific progress
- Dissolving rationality
- The experimental philosophy
- The organization of cognitive labor
- Envoi.
- Notes:
- "First issued as an Oxford University Press paperback 1995." -- t.p. verso.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 392-406) and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-983335-4
- 9786610451210
- 1-280-45121-1
- 1-4237-6529-X
- 0-19-802150-X
- 1-60256-042-0
- OCLC:
- 191826026
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