The Routledge Companion to Philosophy of Science (Hardcover, 2nd edition)

The Routledge Companion to Philosophy of Science is an indispensable reference source and guide to the major themes, debates, problems and topics in philosophy of science. It contains sixty-two specially commissioned entries by a leading team of international contributors. Organized into four parts it covers: historical and philosophical context debates concepts the individual sciences. The Routledge Companion to Philosophy of Science addresses all of the essential topics that students of philosophy of science need to know - from empiricism, explanation and experiment to causation, observation, prediction and more - and contains many helpful features including chapters on individual sciences (such as biology, chemistry, physics and psychology), further reading and cross-referencing at the end of each chapter. Expanded and revised throughout, this second edition includes new chapters on Conventionalism, Social Epistemology, Computer Simulation, Thought Experiments, Pseudoscience, Species and Taxonomy, and Cosmology.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Routledge Philosophy Companions
Release date:	August 2013
First published:	2008
Editors:	Martin Curd • Stathis Psillos
Dimensions:	246 x 174 x 48mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	704
Edition:	2nd edition
ISBN-13:	978-0-415-51874-1
Categories:	Books > Science & Mathematics > Science: general issues > Philosophy of science
LSN:	0-415-51874-1
Barcode:	9780415518741

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