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Explaining Science: A Cognitive Approach

By Ronald N. Giere

Book information

Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Year
2010
ISBN
9780226292038
DOI
10.7208/9780226292038
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
20 MB (21443254 bytes)
Pages
344\343
Library
degruyter.com
Time added
2023-08-15 02:35:00

Description

"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 reeadily comprehensible sytle. 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 science studies disciplines into continued and sharpened debate over fundamental questions."—Richard Burian, Isis "The writing is delightfully clear and accessible. On balance, few books advance our subject as well."—Paul Teller, Philosophy of Science

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