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Worldviews An Introduction to the History and Philosophy of Science

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ISBN-10: 140511620X

ISBN-13: 9781405116206

Edition: 2004

Authors: Richard DeWitt

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Richard Dewitt assesses key historical developments in the progress of science & examines philosophical themes & topics that have impacted upon our scientific view of the world around us.
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Book details

List price: $38.95
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
Publication date: 2/9/2004
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 344
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.100
Language: English

List of Figures
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Fundamental Issues
Worldviews
Truth
Empirical Facts and Philosophical/Conceptual Facts
Confirming and Disconfirming Evidence and Reasoning
The Quine-Duhem Thesis and Implications for Scientific Method
A Philosophical Interlude: Problems and Puzzles of Induction
Falsifiability
Instrumentalism and Realism
The Transition from the Aristotelian Worldview to the Newtonian Worldview
The Structure of the Universe on the Aristotelian Worldview
The Preface to Ptolemy's Almagest: The Earth as Spherical, Stationary, and at the Center of the Universe
Astronomical Data: The Empirical Facts
Astronomical Data: The Philosophical/Conceptual Facts
The Ptolemaic System
The Copernican System
The Tychonic System
Kepler's System
Galileo and the Evidence from the Telescope
A Summary of Problems Facing the Aristotelian Worldview
Philosophical and Conceptual Connections in the Development of the New Science
Overview of the New Science and the Newtonian Worldview
The Development of the Newtonian Worldview, 1700 to 1900
Twentieth-Century Developments in Science and Worldviews
The Special Theory of Relativity
The General Theory of Relativity
A Brief Introduction to Quantum Theory
Some Quantum Facts
Overview of the Mathematics of Quantum Theory
A Philosophical Issue: The Interpretation of Quantum Theory
EPR, Bell's Theorem, Aspect's Experiments, and the Locality Assumption
Worldviews: Concluding Thoughts
Chapter Notes and Suggested Reading
References
Index
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