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Author: Henk W. de Regt ,
Sabina Leonelli ,
Kai Eigner
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
Imprint: University of Pittsburgh Press
Dimensions:
Width: 15.00cm
, Height: 2.80cm
, Length: 23.00cm
Weight: 0.703kg
ISBN: 9780822943785
ISBN 10: 0822943786
Pages: 380
Publication Date: 08 November 2009
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College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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Undergraduate
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Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
This volume brings scientific understanding out of the shadows and into the light of philosophical investigation. It develops connections between this topic and other currents in post-positivist philosophy of science: an appreciation for the role of pragmatics in our account of scientific activities, the importance of agency and of cognition, and the role of models in science. It also demonstrates that scientific understanding can generate lively debates over the connections among scientific understanding and explanation, knowledge and truth. <br> --Ronald N. Giere, University of Minnesota
How to understand scientific understanding is fast becoming a 'hot' topic within the philosophy of science. This eclectic and wide-ranging collection makes a virtue out of the diversity of views on the subject. Featuring some of the best researchers in this area, it surveys the terrain and sets new directions for future research.-- ""Steven French, University of Leeds"" This volume brings scientific understanding out of the shadows and into the light of philosophical investigation. It develops connections between this topic and other currents in post-positivist philosophy of science: an appreciation for the role of pragmatics in our account of scientific activities, the importance of agency and of cognition, and the role of models in science. It also demonstrates that scientific understanding can generate lively debates over the connections among scientific understanding and explanation, knowledge and truth.-- ""Ronald N. Giere, University of Minnesota"" An excellent work, which clearly argues that science, a product of human activity, cannot exist apart and separately from the humans that perform science, but rather must function in the interstices between them to create a pluralism of understanding. Highly recommended.-- ""Choice""
<p> A strongly cohesive and comprehensive approach to what scientists mean by understanding the phenomena on which they work. <br> --Theoria
Author Information
Henk de Regt is a philosophy lecturer at VU University Amsterdam. He has published on the history and philosophy of science, with a focus on scientific explanation and understanding. He is co-founder of the European Philosophy of Science Association and Sabina Leonelli is Professor of Philosophy and History of Science at University of Exeter, United Kingdom. Kai Eigner teaches philosophy of science at VU University Amsterdam. His research focuses on scientific understanding in the behavioral and cognitive sciences.
