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Item Details
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SCIENTIFIC PROGRESS / THE METAPHYSICS OF SCIENCE
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| By: |
Craig Dilworth |
| Format: |
Book |
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£89.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
140209907X |
| ISBN 13: |
9781402099076 |
| Publisher: |
SPRINGER-VERLAG NEW YORK INC. |
| Pub. date: |
2 February, 2009 |
| Pages: |
676 |
| Description: |
Develops the Perspectivist conception of science, in which the incommensurability claims of Thomas Kuhn and Paul Feyerabend are met without resorting to relativism. |
| Synopsis: |
Now, for the first time, Dilworth's complete philosophy of science in paperback Dilworth's complete philosophy of science, including his Perspectivist conception and his metaphysics of science, now available at a reduced price! Dilworth is arguably the most original of today's philosophers of science. In "Scientific Progress" he develops the Perspectivist conception of science, in which the incommensurability claims of Thomas Kuhn and Paul Feyerabend are met without resorting to relativism. In "The Metaphysics of Science" a completely new metaphysical approach to science is provided that avoids the pitfalls of Kant's treatment. |
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biography |
| Publication: |
US |
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Springer-Verlag New York Inc. |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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