A philosopher looks at science
"Three common images of science, widely shared alike by philosophers, scientists and people in general : 1) science = theory + experiment, 2) it's all physics really, 3) science is deterministic : it says that what happens next follows inexorably from what happened before. This book paints, one-by-one, alternative pictures to these three standard images of science "--.
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- Full title :A philosopher looks at science / Nancy Cartwright.
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"Three common images of science, widely shared alike by philosophers, scientists and people in general : 1) science = theory + experiment, 2) it's all physics really, 3) science is deterministic : it says that what happens next follows inexorably from what happened before. This book paints, one-by-one, alternative pictures to these three standard images of science "--.
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- Publication Date:2022
- Edition:First published
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Cambridge University Press
- Place of Publication:Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY, USA; Melbourne; New Delhi; Singapore
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2022
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
The Physical Object
- Description:xi, 210 Seiten : : Illustrationen, Diagramme
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- ISBN:9781009201889, 1009201883
- oclc:on1351548907
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