Overview
- Offers a new approach to philosophy of science
- Presents the first work on philosophy of science in practice to cover important topics in philosophy such as evidence, explanation, and models
- Discusses a wide range of special sciences, such as chemistry, economics, physics, and legal studies?
Part of the book series: Synthese Library (SYLI, volume 379)
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Table of contents (10 chapters)
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Evidence in Practice
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Laws and Causation in Practice
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Models in Practice
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Philosophy of Science in Practice
Book Subtitle: Nancy Cartwright and the Nature of Scientific Reasoning
Editors: Hsiang-Ke Chao, Julian Reiss
Series Title: Synthese Library
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-45532-7
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Religion and Philosophy, Philosophy and Religion (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-45530-3Published: 05 January 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-83313-2Published: 12 July 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-45532-7Published: 27 December 2016
Series ISSN: 0166-6991
Series E-ISSN: 2542-8292
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 204
Number of Illustrations: 6 b/w illustrations
Topics: Philosophy of Science, Simulation and Modeling, Game Theory, Economics, Social and Behav. Sciences