Any serious student attempting to better understand the nature, methods and justification of science will value Alex Rosenberg’s updated and substantially revised Third Edition of Philosophy of Science: A Contemporary Introduction . Weaving together lucid explanations and clear analyses, the volume is a much-used, thematically oriented introduction to the field. New feature...
Any serious student attempting to better understand the nature, methods and justification of science will value Alex Rosenberg’s updated and substantially revised Third Edition of Philosophy of Science: A Contemporary Introduction . Weaving together lucid explanations and clear analyses, the volume is a much-used, thematically oriented introduction to the field. New features of the Third Edition include more coverage of the history of the philosophy of science, more fully developed material on the metaphysics of causal and physical necessity, more background on the contrast between empiricism and rationalism in science, and new material on the structure of theoretical science (with expanded coverage of Newtonian and Darwinian theories and models) and the realism/antirealism controversy. Rosenberg also divides the Third Edition into fifteen chapters, aligning each chapter with a week in a standard semester-long course. Updated Discussion Questions, Glossary, Bibliography and Suggested Readings lists at the end of each chapter will make the Third Edition indispensable, either as a comprehensive stand-alone text or alongside the many wide-ranging collections of articles and book excerpts currently available.
Alex Rosenberg is R. Taylor Cole Professor of Philosophy at Duke University.
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Preface 1. Philosophy and Science 2. Why is Philosophy of Science Important? 3. Scientific Explanation 4. Why Do Laws Explain? 5. Causation, Inexact Laws and Statistical Probabilities 6. Laws and Explanations in Biology and the “Special Sciences” 7. The Structure of Scientific Theories 8. Epistemic and Metaphysical Issues about Scientific Theories 9. Theory Construction v. Model Building 10. Induction and Probability 11. Confirmation, Falsification, Underdetermination 12. Challenges from the History of Science 13. Naturalism in the Philosophy of Science 14. The Contested Character of Science 15. Science, Relativism and Objectivity
Preface 1. Philosophy and Science 2. Why is Philosophy of Science Important? 3. Scientific Explanation 4. Why Do Laws Explain? 5. Causation, Inexact Laws and Statistical Probabilities 6. Laws and Explanations in Biology and the “Special Sciences” 7. The Structure of Scientific Theories 8. Epistemic and Metaphysical Issues about Scientific Theories 9. Theory Construction v. Model Building 10. Induction and Probability 11. Confirmation, Falsification, Underdetermination 12. Challenges from the History of Science 13. Naturalism in the Philosophy of Science 14. The Contested Character of Science 15. Science, Relativism and Objectivity
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In recent years, some natural and social scientists, along with some historians, sociologists, and even some philosophers, have rejected both the claim that the methods of science are open to assessment from the standpoint of philosophy, and the notion that philosophy might dictate to any other discipline, how it should proceed, in explanation or any other activity. (查看原文)
As the number of possible interfering factors to be held constant grows, the testability of laws is reduced, and makes it too easy for anyone to claim to have uncovered a scientific law. (查看原文)
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1 有用 Isanti则若 2014-01-22 19:56:01
第一本科哲书（虽然是入门读物，但是这个英文对我来说竟然还有点难，真为自己捉急……）。条理很清楚，言简意赅，可以对基本概念和观点有个大致的了解；语言也生动有趣。每章节最后都有一个summary，对本章内容进行一简要回顾，还有课后思考题和推荐阅读，另外还有配套的论文集。总之很贴心的一本教材，喜欢。略有遗憾的是，对我来说它的内容还是太少了一些，如果能再展开一些就好了><
0 有用 Lastdier 2016-01-14 13:35:18
内心里认同库恩
0 有用 伯德兰 2017-11-01 17:30:35
分类比较混乱，问题也没有说清楚。
0 有用 伯德兰 2017-11-01 17:30:35
分类比较混乱，问题也没有说清楚。
0 有用 Lastdier 2016-01-14 13:35:18
内心里认同库恩
1 有用 Isanti则若 2014-01-22 19:56:01
第一本科哲书（虽然是入门读物，但是这个英文对我来说竟然还有点难，真为自己捉急……）。条理很清楚，言简意赅，可以对基本概念和观点有个大致的了解；语言也生动有趣。每章节最后都有一个summary，对本章内容进行一简要回顾，还有课后思考题和推荐阅读，另外还有配套的论文集。总之很贴心的一本教材，喜欢。略有遗憾的是，对我来说它的内容还是太少了一些，如果能再展开一些就好了><