The Knowledge Machine: How Irrationality Created Modern Science

Strevens, Michael

ISBN 10: 1631491377 / ISBN 13: 9781631491375

Verlag: Liveright, 2020

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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.

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Titel: The Knowledge Machine: How Irrationality ...
Verlag: Liveright
Erscheinungsdatum: 2020
Einband: Hardcover
Zustand: good