Understanding Scientific Understanding (Paperback)

Henk de Regt

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Idioma: inglés

Editorial: Oxford University Press Inc, New York, 2020

0197510264 / 9780197510261

Serie: Libro 15 de 19 - Oxford Studies in Philosophy of Science

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Paperback. It is widely acknowledged that a central aim of science is to achieve understanding of the world around us, and that possessing such understanding is highly important in our present-day society. But what does it mean to achieve this understanding? What precisely is scientific understanding? These are philosophical questions that have not yet received satisfactory answers. While there has been an ongoing debate about the nature of scientific explanation since CarlHempel advanced his covering-law model in 1948, the related notion of understanding has been largely neglected, because most philosophers regarded understanding as merely a subjective by-product ofobjective explanations. By contrast, this book puts scientific understanding center stage. It is primarily a philosophical study, but also contains detailed historical case studies of scientific practice. In contrast to most existing studies in this area, it takes into account scientists' views and analyzes their role in scientific debate and development. The aim of Understanding Scientific Understanding is to develop and defend a philosophical theory of scientific understanding thatcan describe and explain the historical variation of criteria for understanding actually employed by scientists. The theory does justice to the insights of such famous physicists as Werner Heisenberg and RichardFeynman, while bringing much-needed conceptual rigor to their intuitions. The scope of the proposed account of understanding is the natural sciences: while the detailed case studies derive from physics, examples from other sciences are presented to illustrate its wider validity. Understanding is a central aim of science and highly important in present-day society. But what precisely is scientific understanding and how can it be achieved? This book answers these questions, through philosophical analysis and historical case studies, and presents a philosophical theory of scientific understanding that highlights its contextual nature. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.…

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Título
Understanding Scientific Understanding (Paperback)
Autor
Henk de Regt
Editorial
Oxford University Press Inc, New York
Año de publicación
2020
Estado
new
Encuadernación
Paperback
Idioma
inglés
ISBN 10
0197510264
ISBN 13
9780197510261
Serie
Libro 15 de 19: Oxford Studies in Philosophy of Science

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