Philosophy of science for scientists / Lars-Göran Johansson.
Johansson, Lars-Göran, author.
2016
Q175 .J64 2016
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Title Philosophy of science for scientists / Lars-Göran Johansson.
Author Johansson, Lars-Göran, author.
ISBN 9783319265513 (electronic book)
3319265512 (electronic book)
9783319265490
3319265490
Published Cham : Springer, [2016]
Copyright ©2016
Language English
Description 1 online resource (xv, 257 pages ): illustrations.
Call Number Q175 .J64 2016
Dewey Decimal Classification 501
Summary "Offers an introduction to the philosophy of science. It helps undergraduate students from the natural, the human and social sciences to gain an understanding of what science is, how it has developed, what its core traits are, how to distinguish between science and pseudo-science and to discover what a scientific attitude is. It argues against the common assumption that there is fundamental difference between natural and human science, with natural science being concerned with testing hypotheses and discovering natural laws, and the aim of human and some social sciences being to understand the meanings of individual and social group actions. Instead examines the similarities between the sciences and shows how the testing of hypotheses and doing interpretation/hermeneutics are similar activities"--From publisher description.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-253) and index.
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Series Springer undergraduate texts in philosophy
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Part 1. What is science? The evolution of science
Knowledge
Hypotheses and hypothesis testing
On scientific data
Qualitative data and methods
Theories about the development of science
Part 2. Philosophical reflections on four core concepts in science : causes, explanations, laws and models. On causes and correlations
Explanations
Explanation in the humanities and social sciences
Scientific laws
Theories, models and reality
Part 3. Some auxiliaries. The mind-body problem
Science and values
Some trends in science
Appendix: Logical forms.

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