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The Philosophy of Science 2-Volume Set: An Encyclopedia

By Sahotra Sarkar , Jessica Pfeifer

Book information

Publisher
Routledge
Year
2005
ISBN
9780415939270, 0415939275
LCC
Q174.7 .P55 2005
Open Library ID
OL3422601M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
9 MB (9718199 bytes)
Edition
illustrated edition
Pages
998\998
Time added
2010-02-18 13:16:04

Description

The first in-depth reference to the field that combines scientific knowledge with philosophical inquiry, this encyclopedia brings together a team of leading scholars to provide nearly 150 entries on the essential concepts in the philosophy of science. The areas covered include biology, chemistry, epistemology and metaphysics, physics, psychology and mind, the social sciences, and key figures in the combined studies of science and philosophy. Articles, ranging from 3,000 to 7,500 words, include comprehensive coverage of: * Adaptation * Artificial Intelligence * Causality * Chemistry, Philosophy of * Chomsky, Noam * Determinism * Evolution * Feminist Philosophy of Science * Game Theory * Immunology * Inductive Logic * Kuhn, Thomas * Laws of Nature * Observation * Probability * Quantum Logic * Realism * Scientific Revolutions * Species * Statistics, Philosophy of * Turing, Alan * and much more.

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