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Philosophy of science for scientists

Johansson, Lars-Goran.

Philosophy of science for scientists

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Philosophy of science for scientistsby Lars-Goran Johansson.
Author:	Johansson, Lars-Goran.
Published:	Cham :Springer International Publishing :2016.
Description:	xv, 257 p. :ill., digital ;24 cm.
Contained By:	Springer eBooks
Subject:	Science.
Online resource:	http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-26551-3
ISBN:	9783319265513$q(electronic bk.)

Philosophy of science for scientists
Johansson, Lars-Goran.

Philosophy of science for scientists[electronic resource] /by Lars-Goran Johansson. - Cham :Springer International Publishing :2016. - xv, 257 p. :ill., digital ;24 cm. - Springer undergraduate texts in philosophy. - Springer undergraduate texts in philosophy..

Preface and overview of the bookPart 1: What is science? -- 1. The Evolution of Science -- 2. Knowledge -- 3. Hypotheses and Hypothesis Testing -- 4. On Scientific Data -- 5. Qualitative Data and Methods -- 6. Theories about the Development of Science -- Part 2. Philosophical reflections on four core concepts in science: causes, explanations, laws and models -- 7. On Causes and Correlations -- 8. Explanations -- 9. Explanation in the Humanities and Social Sciences -- 10. Scientific Laws -- 11. Theories, Models and Reality -- Part 3. Some auxiliaries -- 12. The Mind-Body Problem -- 13. Science and Values -- 14. Some trends in science -- Appendix -- Logical Forms -- Index.

This textbook offers an introduction to the philosophy of science. It helps undergraduate students from the natural, the human and social sciences to gain an understanding of what science is, how it has developed, what its core traits are, how to distinguish between science and pseudo-science and to discover what a scientific attitude is. It argues against the common assumption that there is fundamental difference between natural and human science, with natural science being concerned with testing hypotheses and discovering natural laws, and the aim of human and some social sciences being to understand the meanings of individual and social group actions. Instead examines the similarities between the sciences and shows how the testing of hypotheses and doing interpretation/hermeneutics are similar activities. The book makes clear that lessons from natural scientists are relevant to students and scholars within the social and human sciences, and vice versa. It teaches its readers how to effectively demarcate between science and pseudo-science and sets criteria for true scientific thinking. Divided into three parts, the book first examines the question What is Science? It describes the evolution of science, defines knowledge, and explains the use of and need for hypotheses and hypothesis testing. The second half of part I deals with scientific data and observation, qualitative data and methods, and ends with a discussion of theories on the development of science. Part II offers philosophical reflections on four of the most important concepts in science: causes, explanations, laws and models. Part III presents discussions on philosophy of mind, the relation between mind and body, value-free and value-related science, and reflections on actual trends in science.

ISBN: 9783319265513$q(electronic bk.)

Standard No.: 10.1007/978-3-319-26551-3doiSubjects--Topical Terms:

177564
Science.

LC Class. No.: Q175 / .J624 2016

Dewey Class. No.: 501

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