Rationality of Science

Name: Rationality of Science
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ISBN: 9780415058773

ISBN-10: 0415058775

ISBN-13: 9780415058773

Edition: 1981

Authors: W. H. Newton-Smith

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A clear, original and systematic introduction to philosophy of science which examines the theories of Popper, Lakatos, Kuhn and Feyerabend before proposing a new, temperate rationalist perspective.

Book details

List price: $50.95
Copyright year: 1981
Publisher: Routledge
Publication date: 11/15/1981
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 308
Size: 6.10" wide x 9.06" long x 0.79" tall
Weight: 1.056
Language: English



Acknowledgments



The Rational Image



Observation, Theory and Truth



Popper-The Irrational Rationalist



In Search of the Methodologist's Stone



T.S.Kuhn: from Revolutionary to Social Democrat



Feyerabend, the Passionate Liberal



Theories Are Incommensurable?



The Thesis of Verisimilitude



Scientific Method



Strong Programmes



Temperate Rationalism


Notes


Bibliography


Index