What is science? Is there a real difference between science and myth? Is science objective? Can science explain everything? This Very Short Introduction provides a concise overview of the main themes of contemporary philosophy of science. Beginning with a short history of science to set the scene, Samir Okasha goes on to investigate the nature of scientific reasoning, scientifi...
What is science? Is there a real difference between science and myth? Is science objective? Can science explain everything? This Very Short Introduction provides a concise overview of the main themes of contemporary philosophy of science. Beginning with a short history of science to set the scene, Samir Okasha goes on to investigate the nature of scientific reasoning, scientific explanation, revolutions in science, and theories such as realism and anti-realism. He also looks at philosophical issues in particular sciences, including the problem of classification in biology, and the nature of space and time in physics. The final chapter touches on the conflicts between science and religion, and explores whether science is ultimately a good thing.
什么是philosophy of science呢？ 要回答这个问题似乎要先回答什么是philosophy, 什么是science. 如果是这样的话，这本小书就无法写成了。更不可能进入“very short introduction系列了” 作者Samir巧妙地用维特更斯坦的方法巧妙滴绕开了冗长而又歧义的定义。先用常识下定义，...
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Philosophy of science What makes something a science? What is a science? Employs a distinctive method of enquiry? Experiment? The construction of theories. To better understand philosophy of science, it is crucial to learn more about the historical backgrou...
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胡伍玄
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译林出版社2013版
6 有用 农人 2015-11-15 20:58:54
在一个学科里待上几年，不知不觉，所思所见所做，都限制在了一套框框里，似乎是习得了一套实践的办法，并视之为理所当然。是时候，后退一步，反思这些‘理所当然’。
0 有用 Bright 2014-05-12 20:12:33
豆瓣上audiobook小组里搜到，开车时断断续续听完的。感觉只是多了些谈资，了解了科学哲学关心什么问题。induction， falsifiable ，库恩的科学革命的结构，scientism。 但到底什么是科学？ 知识是否是客观的？ 哲学会被科学取代么？科学是否价值中立？没有一劳永逸的答案。 第一篇豆瓣书评概括得挺好。为什么科学进展如此迅速，而哲学几千年来研究的问题几乎没变？
0 有用 water 2016-01-19 22:42:08
从休谟的deduction/induction到thomas kuhn的paradigm, 重点在前五章，讲得很好很清楚。启蒙/多元的本质是信仰体系（所谓paradigm）的换代/不同。进步就是paradigm shift.（每次读休谟都是享受～
0 有用 Zen Mule 2012-07-28 12:25:23
简明扼要，不罗嗦。虽然有的段落太过简略
0 有用 橘 きよあき 2016-05-03 22:47:01
强纲领
0 有用 我不 2024-03-03 07:24:07 英国
naïveté
0 有用 miiii28 2023-12-24 06:32:30 英国
捡起这本书还是会想起一些就着啤酒关于进门的人抖伞的对话 学了四年化学 回头看我大概是个冷静派Thomas Kuhn当然这也不是没考上一等的理由
0 有用 流月 2023-08-08 02:09:27 北京
太入门了…
0 有用 Metana 2023-04-29 13:08:23 江苏
为高中时的我打开了新世界的大门
0 有用 石榴！石榴！ 2023-01-10 09:51:59 日本
相比literary theory这本真的好读太多了。前面是关于scientific methods, data interpretation, inference 的简单介绍，后面提了一些很有意思的问题。