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_bSMP 2016
100 1 _aOkasha, Samir,
_eauthor.
245 1 0 _aPhilosophy of science :
_ba very short introduction /
_cSamir Okasha.
250 _aSecond edition.
260 _aOxford :
_bOxford Univ Press
_c, 2016
300 _a140 pages :
_billustrations ;
_c18 cm.
490 1 _aA Very short introduction ;
_v67
500 _aPrevious edition: 2002.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 131-135) and index.
505 0 _aWhat is science? -- Scientific inference -- Explanation in science -- Realism and anti-realism -- Scientific change and scientific revolutions -- Philosophical problems in physics, biology, and psychology -- Science and its critics.
520 1 _a"In this new edition Samir Ikasha reviews the main themes of contemporary philosophy of science. Beginning with a brief account of the history of modern science, he asks whether there is a discernible pattern to the way scientific ideas change over time. He examines scientific inference, scientific explanation, and the debate between realist and anti-realist views of science."--
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650 7 _a08.35 philosophy of science.
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830 0 _aVery short introductions ;
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