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
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Cambridge University Press
- Place of Publication:Cambridge, United Kingdom
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:©2022
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource (xi, 210 pages) : : illustrations.
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9781009201896, 1009201891
- oclc:on1312652595
- LC Classification:Q175
- Dewey Decimal:501
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