Explaining Science
A Cognitive Approach
University of Chicago Press, 1988
Cloth: 978-0-226-29205-2 | Paper: 978-0-226-29206-9 | Electronic: 978-0-226-29203-8
DOI: 10.7208/chicago/9780226292038.001.0001
Cloth: 978-0-226-29205-2 | Paper: 978-0-226-29206-9 | Electronic: 978-0-226-29203-8
DOI: 10.7208/chicago/9780226292038.001.0001
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ABOUT THIS BOOKAUTHOR BIOGRAPHYTABLE OF CONTENTS
ABOUT THIS BOOK
"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
"The writing is delightfully clear and accessible. On balance, few books advance our subject as well."—Paul Teller, Philosophy of Science
AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY
Ronald N. Giere is professor of philosophy at the University of Minnesota. He is the author of Understanding Scientific Reasoning.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
List of Figures
Preface
Acknowledgments
1. Toward a Unified Cognitive Theory of Science
2. Theories of Science
3. Models and Theories
4. Constructive Realism
5. Realism in the Laboratory
6. Scientific Judgment
7. Models and Experiments
8. Explaining the Revolution in Geology
Epilogue: Reflexive Reflections
Notes
References
Index