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Hace 4 días · Philosophy of science is the branch of philosophy concerned with the foundations, methods, and implications of science. Amongst its central questions are the difference between science and non-science, the reliability of scientific theories, and the ultimate purpose and meaning of science as a human endeavour.
10 de jul. de 2024 · The idea that the aims of the natural sciences are explanation, prediction, and control dates back at least to the 19th century. Early in the 20th century, however, some prominent scholars of science were inclined to dismiss the ideal of explanation, contending that explanation is inevitably a subjective matter.
10 de jul. de 2024 · Fine elaborated this idea further in the context of the philosophy of science, proposing that one should accept neither realism nor antirealism; rather, one should give up talking about truth in connection with scientific hypotheses and adopt what he calls the “natural ontological attitude.”
25 de jun. de 2024 · Metaphysics, branch of philosophy whose topics in antiquity and the Middle Ages were the first causes of things and the nature of being. Later, many other topics came to be included under the heading ‘metaphysics.’
Authors: Robert Hanna. Provides a synoptic organicist approach to the philosophy of the formal-&-natural sciences and the philosophy of nature. Takes on board the most relevant subsequent philosophical and scientific developments up to the present day.
Hace 2 días · Articles. Search all Journal for General Philosophy of Science articles. Filter by. Volume: Sort by. Date published: New to old Old to new. Update results. Showing 1-50 of 1,588 articles. James Nguyen and Roman Frigg: Scientific Representation. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2022, 90pp., €21.23 (Paperback), ISBN: 9781009009157. Cory Wright.
Hace 1 día · Modern science is typically divided into three major branches: the natural sciences (e.g., physics, chemistry, and biology), which study the physical world; the social sciences (e.g., economics, psychology, and sociology), which study individuals and societies; and the formal sciences (e.g., logic, mathematics, and theoretical ...
