The Knowledge Machine: How Irrationality Created Modern Science

Michael Strevens

ISBN 10: 1631491377 / ISBN 13: 9781631491375

Verlag: Liveright Publishing Corporation Okt 2020, 2020

Beschreibung

Neuware -. Why is science so powerful . Why did it take so long-two thousand years after the invention of philosophy and mathematics-for the human race to start using science to learn the secrets of the universe 368 pp. Englisch. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 9781631491375

Bibliografische Details

Titel: The Knowledge Machine: How Irrationality ...

Verlag: Liveright Publishing Corporation Okt 2020

Erscheinungsdatum: 2020

Einband: Buch

Zustand: Neu

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Inhaltsangabe:

In a groundbreaking work that blends science, philosophy, and history, leading philosopher of science Michael Strevens answers these challenging questions, showing how science came about only once thinkers stumbled upon the astonishing idea that scientific breakthroughs could be accomplished by breaking the rules of logical argument.The Logic of Scientific DiscoveryThe Structure of Scientific RevolutionsThe Knowledge MachineThe Knowledge MachineThe Knowledge Machine

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor:

Michael Strevens, a 2017 Guggenheim Fellow, is a professor of philosophy at New York University. He was born in New Zealand and has been writing about philosophy of science for twenty-five years. He lives in New York.