Philosophy of Science: A Contemporary IntroductionAlex Rosenberg includes new material on a number of subjects, including: * the theory of natural selection * Popper, Lakatos and Leibniz * feminist philosophy of science * logical positivism * the origins of science In addition, helpful features add greatly to ease and clarity of this second edition: * overviews and chapter summaries * study questions and annotated further reading * a helpful glossary explaining key words and concepts ture, methods and justification. |
Contents
II | 1 |
IV | 2 |
V | 6 |
VI | 8 |
VII | 13 |
VIII | 18 |
X | 19 |
XI | 21 |
XXXV | 107 |
XXXVI | 109 |
XXXVIII | 112 |
XL | 113 |
XLI | 116 |
XLII | 120 |
XLIII | 125 |
XLIV | 138 |
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