| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 285 pages) : illustrations |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-276) and index. |
| Contents |
Realism and empiricism: the key question -- Scientific realism in the empiricist tradition -- An empiricist argument for realism -- Plausibility arguments in science -- Discovery and justification -- Rationality and objectivity in science -- Revisions of scientific convictions -- Dynamic rationality -- Hume's arguments on cosmology and design -- The "almost-deduction" theory -- The "partial-entailment" theory -- Confirmation and relevance. |
| Summary |
This volume of articles (most published, some new) is a follow-up to the late Wesley C. Salmon's widely read collection "Causality And Explanation" (OUP 1998). It contains both published and unpublished articles, and focuses on two related areas of inquiry: first, is science a rational enterprise? Secondly, does science yield objective information about our world, even the aspects that we cannot observe directly? Salmon's own take is that objective knowledge of the world is possible, and his work in these articles centers around proving that this can be so. Salmon's influential standing in the field ensures that this volume will be of interest to both undergraduates and professional philosophers, primarily in the philosophy of science. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Science -- Philosophy.
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Science -- Philosophy. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Dowe, Phil.
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Salmon, Merrilee H.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Salmon, Wesley C. Reality and rationality. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2005 0195177843 0195181956 (DLC) 2004050051 (OCoLC)55124888 |
| ISBN |
1423761936 (electronic book) |
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9781423761938 (electronic book) |
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1280560568 |
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9781280560569 |
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9780195177848 (alkaline paper) |
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0195177843 (alkaline paper) |
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9780195181951 (paperback) |
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0195181956 (paperback) |
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0195177843 (Cloth) |
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0195181956 (Paper) |
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