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100 1  Giere, Ronald N.|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/
       n79011110 
245 10 Explaining science :|ba cognitive approach /|cRonald N. 
       Giere. 
250    Pbk. ed. 
264  1 Chicago :|bUniversity of Chicago Press,|c1990. 
264  4 |c©1988 
300    1 online resource (xxi, 321 pages) :|billustrations. 
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490 1  Science and its conceptual foundations series 
504    Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-313) and 
       index. 
505 0  List of Figures; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1. Toward a 
       Unified Cognitive Theory of Science; 2. Theories of 
       Science; 3. Models and Theories; 4. Constructive Realism; 
       5. Realism in the Laboratory; 6. Scientific Judgment; 7. 
       Models and Experiments; 8. Explaining the Revolution in 
       Geology; Epilogue: Reflexive Reflections; Notes; 
       References; Index. 
520    "This volume presents an attempt to construct a unified 
       cognitive theory of science in relatively short compass. 
       It confronts the strong program in sociology of science 
       and the positions of various postpositivist philosophers 
       of science, developing significant alternatives to each in
       a readily comprehensible style. It draws loosely on recent
       developments in cognitive science, without burdening the 
       argument with detailed results from that source. ... The 
       book is thus a provocative one. Perhaps that is a measure 
       of its value: it will lead scholars and serious student 
       from a number of sci. 
588 0  Print version record. 
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650  0 Cognition.|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/
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650  0 Realism.|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/
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650  7 Realism.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast/1091228 
655  0 Electronic books. 
655  4 Electronic books. 
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