Introduction to the philosophy of science : cutting nature at its seams

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Title:

Introduction to the philosophy of science : cutting nature at its seams

Author:

Klee, Robert, 1952-

ISBN:

9780195106107

9780195106114

Personal Author:

Klee, Robert, 1952-

Publication Information:

New York : Oxford University Press, 1997.

Physical Description:

xi, 258 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Contents:

Ch. 1. The Case of Allergic Disease: From Everyday Observation to Microstructural Explanation -- Ch. 2. The Positivist Model of Scientific Theories -- Ch. 3. Trouble in Positivist Paradise -- Ch. 4. The Underdetermination of Theory -- Ch. 5. Reductionism, Antireductionism, and Supervenience -- Ch. 6. The Structure of Scientific Explanation -- Ch. 7. The Revenge of Historicism -- Ch. 8. The Social Constructivist Challenge -- Ch. 9. The Politics of Epistemology -- Ch. 10. The Actual Way Things Really Are.

Subject Term:

Science -- Philosophy.

Immunology.

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Summary

A survey of the philosophy of science from positivism to social constructivism, this book focuses on the ontological implications of science. The author uses immunology as a source of descriptive examples, thus providing lively illustrations from a life science with universal appeal and allowing continuity throughout this volume. The coverage of Quinean holism and supervenience clarifies concepts which have been often misunderstood, while the discussion of the Kuhnian model of science rectifies the distortions it underwent due to misuse in the past. Feminist and nonfeminist concepts of science, as well as social constructivist models are investigated by Klee.