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ISBN10: 3319265490, ISBN13: 9783319265490, [publisher: Springer International Publishing] Hardcover Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - 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. Divided into three parts, the book first examines the question What is Science It describes the evolution of science, defines knowledge, and explains the use of and need for hypotheses and hypothesis testing. The second half of part ...
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ISBN10: 3319265490, ISBN13: 9783319265490, [publisher: Springer International Publishing] Hardcover Highly suitable as a textbook for undergraduate Science and Engineering coursesRelevant to students in the natural, social and human sciencesAdvances understanding of what science is and how it developedLars-Goeran Johansson holds a .
[Greven, Germany] [Publication Year: 2015]
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ISBN10: 3319265490, ISBN13: 9783319265490, [publisher: Springer International Publishing AG] Hardcover Series: Springer Undergraduate Texts in Philosophy. Num Pages: 272 pages, 28 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PBC; PDA; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 166 x 245 x 21. Weight in Grams: 564. . 2015. 1st ed. 2016. Hardcover. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.
[Olney, MD, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2015]