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Philosophy of Science for Scientists

Philosophy of Science for Scientists

Johansson, Lars-Göran

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Series: Springer Undergraduate Texts in Philosophy

FictionHistory & Philosophy of SciencePhysics

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ISBN10: 3319799703
ISBN13: 9783319799704
Publisher: Springer
Published: Mar 29 2019
Pages: 257
Weight: 0.86
Height: 0.58 Width: 6.10 Depth: 9.25
Language: English

This textbook offers an introduction to the philosophy of science. It helps undergraduate students from the natural, the human and social sciences to gain an understanding of what science is, how it has developed, what its core traits are, how to distinguish between science and pseudo-science and to discover what a scientific attitude is. It argues against the common assumption that there is fundamental difference between natural and human science, with natural science being concerned with testing hypotheses and discovering natural laws, and the aim of human and some social sciences being to understand the meanings of individual and social group actions. Instead examines the similarities between the sciences and shows how the testing of hypotheses and doing interpretation/hermeneutics are similar activities. The book makes clear that lessons from natural scientists are relevant to students and scholars within the social and human sciences, and vice versa. It teaches its readers howto effectively demarcate between science and pseudo-science and sets criteria for true scientific thinking.

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