TY - BOOK
T1 - Philosophy of Science Matters
T2 - The Philosophy of Peter Achinstein
AU - Morgan, Gregory J.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2011 by Oxford University Press. All rights reserved.
PY - 2011/5/1
Y1 - 2011/5/1
N2 - In this, the first book devoted to Peter Achinstein's influential work in philosophy of science, twenty distinguished philosophers, including four Lakatos award winners, address various aspects of Achinstein's influential views on the nature of scientific evidence, scientific explanation, and scientific realism. It includes short chapters by Steve Gimbel and Jeff Maynes, Nancy Cartwright, Jordi Cat, Victor DiFate, Jerry Doppelt, Adam Goldstein, Philip Kitcher, Fred Kronz, Deborah Mayo, Greg Morgan, Helen Longino, John Norton, Michael Ruse, Bas van Fraassen, Stathis Psillos, Larry Laudan, Richard Richards, Kent Staley, and Jim Woodward with replies to each chapter from Peter Achinstein. The book aims to provide an understanding of the current debate in multiple areas of philosophy of science and how various contemporary issues are connected.
AB - In this, the first book devoted to Peter Achinstein's influential work in philosophy of science, twenty distinguished philosophers, including four Lakatos award winners, address various aspects of Achinstein's influential views on the nature of scientific evidence, scientific explanation, and scientific realism. It includes short chapters by Steve Gimbel and Jeff Maynes, Nancy Cartwright, Jordi Cat, Victor DiFate, Jerry Doppelt, Adam Goldstein, Philip Kitcher, Fred Kronz, Deborah Mayo, Greg Morgan, Helen Longino, John Norton, Michael Ruse, Bas van Fraassen, Stathis Psillos, Larry Laudan, Richard Richards, Kent Staley, and Jim Woodward with replies to each chapter from Peter Achinstein. The book aims to provide an understanding of the current debate in multiple areas of philosophy of science and how various contemporary issues are connected.
KW - contemporary issues
KW - peter achinstein
KW - philosophy of science
KW - scientific evidence
KW - scientific explanation
KW - scientific realism
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U2 - 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199738625.001.0001
DO - 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199738625.001.0001
M3 - Book
AN - SCOPUS:84921654540
SN - 9780199738625
BT - Philosophy of Science Matters
ER -