What Is This Thing Called Science? [electronic resource]
Alan Chalmers2013
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Every ten years, Alan Chalmers draws on his experience as a teacher and
researcher to improve and update the text that strives to answer the
philosophical question in it's title: What is This Thing Called Science?
Identifying the qualitative difference between knowledge of atoms as it figures
in contemporary science and metaphysical speculations about atoms common in
philosophy since the time of Democritus proves to be a highly revealing and
instructive way to pinpoint key features of the answer to that question. The
most significant feature of this fourth edition is the extensive postscript, in
which Chalmers uses the results of his recent research on the history of atomism
to illustrate and enliven key themes in the philosophy of science. This new
edition ensures that the book holds its place as the leading introduction to the
philosophy of science for the foreseeable future.
Main title:
What Is This Thing Called Science? [electronic resource] / Alan Chalmers
Author:
Alan Chalmers, Author
Imprint:
[Place of publication not identified] : University of Queensland Press, 2013
Collation:
1 online resource (1 text file) (1 piece, 312 pages,)
System details:
Platform: epubMode of access: Internet
ISBN:
9780702250873
Language:
English
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BRN:
435431
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