J. Faye
The Nature of Scientific Thinking
On Interpretation, Explanation and Understanding
Gebonden Engels 2014 9781137389824
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Samenvatting
Scientific thinking must be understood as an activity. The acts of interpretation, representation, and explanation are the cognitive processes by which scientific thinking leads to understanding. The book explores the nature of these processes and describes how scientific thinking can only be grasped from a pragmatic perspective.
Specificaties
ISBN13:9781137389824
Taal:Engels
Bindwijze:gebonden
Uitgever:Palgrave Macmillan UK
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Inhoudsopgave
Introduction to the Reader and Acknowledgements 1. Forms of Understanding 2. Understanding As Organized Beliefs 3. On Interpretation 4. Representations 5. Scientific Explanation 6. Causal Explanations 7. Other Tpes of Explanations 8. The Pragmatics of Explanation 9. Not Just Why-questions 10. A Rhetorical Approach to Explanation 11. Pluralism and The Unity of Science Literature Notes
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