| Record Type: |
Electronic resources
: Monograph/item
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| Title/Author: |
Philosophy of science/ by Rani Lill Anjum, Elena Rocca. |
| Author: |
Anjum, Rani Lill. |
| other author: |
Rocca, Elena. |
| Published: |
Cham :Springer International Publishing : : 2024., |
| Description: |
xiii, 203 p. :ill. (some col.), digital ;24 cm. |
| [NT 15003449]: |
Part I: What's so special about science? Defining science -- 1. What counts as scientific knowledge? -- 2. Should science be defined by its methodology? -- 3. Is science defined by its community? -- 4. Is science defined by power? -- Part II: Why science cannot ignore philosophy; Philosophical bias in science -- 5. Conflicting evidence and the bias that science cannot avoid -- 6. Does science uncover or construct truths?; Bias about observation -- 7. Understanding and analysing complexity; Bias about processes and things -- 8. Scientific methods and causal evidencing; Bias about causality -- 9. Defining and assessing risk; Bias about values and probability -- Part III: What then when experts disagree?; Applying philosophy to scientific controversy -- 10. Philosophical analysis of some cases of disagreement. |
| Contained By: |
Springer Nature eBook |
| Subject: |
Science - Philosophy. - |
| Online resource: |
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-56049-1 |
| ISBN: |
9783031560491 |