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Loading... What is this thing called Science?by Alan F. Chalmers (otherwise under A. F. Chalmers)
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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. My formal education ended before the heyday of Feyerabend, so I found this 3rd edition (1999) to be a useful way to survey recent developments in the philosophy of science. (Fully 40-50% of Chalmer's bibliography is now dated AFTER my degree.) Written in an accessible, conversational style, it provides a good overview of recent developments in the field. (  ) AsYouKnow_Bob | Aug 9, 2008 |  Kompakte, übersichtliche Einführung in die Wissenschaftstheorie - und sogar recht unterhaltsam zu lesen! Vieles erinnert mich an mein Physik-Studium ... ( ) khim | Dec 17, 2007 | Wonderful intro to the philosophy of science (  ) mypensees | Jun 20, 2007 |  no reviews | add a review
Amazon.com Book Description (ISBN 0872204529, Paperback)This new edition of Chalmers's highly regarded and widely read work-translated into fifteen languages-is extensively rewritten and reorganized, reflecting the experience of the author, his colleagues, and correspondents in twenty years of teaching from the previous edition. Significant additions are new chapters on the Bayesian approach to science, the new experimentalism, the nature of scientific laws, and the realism/anti-realism debate. An ideal introduction to scientific method, Chalmers's work is both accessible to beginners and a valuable resource for advanced students and scholars.(retrieved from Amazon Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:58:20 -0400) The first test round has been closed. Visit the Open Shelves Classification group for details. |
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