{"product_id":"philosophy-of-science-the-key-thinkers-9781441142009","title":"Philosophy of Science The Key Thinkers","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJames Robert Brown is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Toronto, Canada. His previous publications include \u003ci\u003eThe Rational and the Social\u003c\/i\u003e (Routledge, 1989), \u003ci\u003eSmoke and Mirrors: How ScienceReflects Reality \u003c\/i\u003e(Routledge, 1994), \u003ci\u003ePhilosophy of Mathematics\u003c\/i\u003e (Routledge, Second Edition 2008) and \u003ci\u003eThe Laboratory of the Mind\u003c\/i\u003e (Routledge, Second Edition 2009), \u003ci\u003eWho Rules in Science: A Guide to the Wars \u003c\/i\u003e(Harvard 2001), and \u003ci\u003ePlatonism, Naturalism, and Mathematical Knowledge\u003c\/i\u003e (Routledge 2011).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book  delivers twice on its title: it offers a comprehensive discussion of key  thinkers in philosophy of science of the past 150 years and the authors are a  dozen of their most distinguished and innovative successors at work today. The  result shows a vibrant discipline in which each generation reflects on—and  moves beyond—the classic debates. An insightful and inspiring survey of  philosophy of science, its history, and its progress. -- James W. McAllister, Associate Professor of Philosophy, University of Leiden, The Netherlands and Editor of International Studies in the Philosophy of Science\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. Introduction James Robert Brown; 2. Experience and Necessity: Whewell and Mill Laura Snyder; 3. Conventionalism: Poincare, Duhem, Reichenbach; 4. The Vienna Circle: Carnap and Neurath Alan Richardson; 5. Logical Empiricism: Hempel and Quine Martin Curd; 6. Induction and Falsification: Popper Steve Fuller; 7. Historical Approaches: Kuhn, Lakatos and Feyerabend Martin Carrier; 8. Sociology of Science: Bloor, Collins, Latour Martin Kusch; 9. Realism: Putnam and van Fraassen Stathis Psillos; 10. Beyond Theories: Hacking and Cartwright; 11. Feminist Critiques: Harding and Longino Janet Kourany; 12. Current Trends James Robert Brown; Further Reading; Index.","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing (UK)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51769646776663,"sku":"9781441142009","price":31.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781441142009.jpg?v=1758722042","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/philosophy-of-science-the-key-thinkers-9781441142009","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}