Philosophy of Science: What One Needs to Know

This introduction to the philosophy of science offers an overview of the major concepts and developments in contemporary theories of science. Strengths and weaknesses of deductive, inductive, and falsificationist models of science are considered. The “Received View” in the theory of science is contr...

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1. VerfasserIn: Clayton, Philip 1956- (VerfasserIn)
Medienart: Elektronisch Aufsatz
Sprache:Englisch
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Veröffentlicht: Wiley-Blackwell 1997
In: Zygon
Jahr: 1997, Band: 32, Heft: 1, Seiten: 95-104
weitere Schlagwörter:B religion/science parallels
B inductive models
B philosophy of science
B research programs
B theories of rationality
B Paradigms
B deductive models
B falsification
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Zusammenfassung:This introduction to the philosophy of science offers an overview of the major concepts and developments in contemporary theories of science. Strengths and weaknesses of deductive, inductive, and falsificationist models of science are considered. The “Received View” in the theory of science is contrasted with Kuhn's paradigms and Feyerabend's “anything goes,” leading to an examination of the merits of a research program–based approach. After touching on the sociology of science, postmodernism, and the feminist critique, the article concludes with a summary, in six theses, of the implications for religion/science.
ISSN:1467-9744
Enthält:Enthalten in: Zygon
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1111/0591-2385.731997073