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For some time now the philosophy of science has been undergoing a major transfor mation. It began when the 'received view' of scientific knowledge -that developed by logical positivists and their intellectual descendants - was challenged as bearing little resemblance to and having little relevance for the understanding of real science. Subsequently, an overwhelming amount of criticism has been added. One would be hard-pressed to find anyone who would support the 'received view' today. Yet, in the search for a new analysis of scientific knowledge, this view continues to exert influence over the tenor of much of present-day philosophy of science; in particular, over its problems and its methods of analysis. There has, however, emerged an area within the discipline - called by some the 'new philosophy of science' - that has been engaged in transforming the problems and methods of philosophy of science. While there is far from a consensus of beliefs in this area, most of the following contentions would be affirmed by those working in it: - that science is an open-ended, on-going activity, whose character has changed significantly during its history - that science is not a monolithic enterprise - that good science can lead to false theories - that science has its roots in everyday circumstances, needs, methods, concepts, etc.

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Book category Books in English Mathematics & science Science: general issues Philosophy of science

• Full title: Process of Science
• Subtitle: Contemporary Philosophical Approaches to Understanding Scientific Practice
• Author: N.J. Nersessian
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardback
• Number of pages: 221
• EAN: 9789024734252
• ISBN: 9024734258
• ID: 01969534
• Publisher: Springer
• Weight: 1140 g
• Dimensions: 297 × 210 × 18 mm
• Published: 2007

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