Characterizing the Robustness of Science - After the Practice Turn in Philosophy of Science (Hardcover, 2012 ed.)

Mature sciences have been long been characterized in terms of the "successfulness", "reliability" or "trustworthiness" of their theoretical, experimental or technical accomplishments. Today many philosophers of science talk of "robustness", often without specifying in a precise way the meaning of this term. This lack of clarity is the cause of frequent misunderstandings, since all these notions, and that of robustness in particular, are connected to fundamental issues, which concern nothing less than the very nature of science and its specificity with respect to other human practices, the nature of rationality and of scientific progress; and science's claim to be a truth-conducive activity. This book offers for the first time a comprehensive analysis of the problem of robustness, and in general, that of the reliability of science, based on several detailed case studies and on philosophical essays inspired by the so-called practical turn in philosophy of science.

General

Imprint:	Springer
Country of origin:	Netherlands
Series:	Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science, 292
Release date:	May 2012
First published:	2012
Editors:	Lena Soler • Emiliano Trizio • Thomas Nickles • William Wimsatt
Dimensions:	235 x 155 x 15mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	374
Edition:	2012 ed.
ISBN-13:	978-9400727588
Categories:	Books > Humanities > Philosophy > General Books > Science & Mathematics > Science: general issues > Philosophy of science Books > Science & Mathematics > Science: general issues > History of science Books > Philosophy > General
LSN:	9400727585
Barcode:	9789400727588

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