Reduction, Time and Reality (Paperback)

Richard Healey

ISBN 10: 0521143721 / ISBN 13: 9780521143721

Verlag: Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2010

Beschreibung

Paperback. The contributors to this 1981 volume are all concerned with scientific realism, but each author questions or rejects aspects of the way it has traditionally been discussed. There are three main foci of attention - reduction, time and modality - and the analyses bring out complexities and difficulties obscured in the standard accounts of scientific realism. The papers are powerful and original, representing some of the best in modern philosophy of science, and each were specifically commissioned for the volume. It is an excellent source book for courses on realism or the philosophy of science. The book therefore takes its place in the informal series of volumes arising from meetings sponsored by the Thyssen Foundation, which already includes C. Hookway and P. Pettit (eds.) Action and Interpretation (C. U. P. 1978) and R. Harrison (ed.) Rational Action (C. U. P. 1980). The contributors to this 1981 volume are all concerned with scientific realism, but each author questions or rejects aspects of the way it has traditionally been discussed. There are three main foci of attention - reduction, time and modality. It is an excellent book for courses on realism or the philosophy of science. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 9780521143721

Bibliografische Details

• Titel: Reduction, Time and Reality (Paperback)
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press, Cambridge
• Erscheinungsjahr: 2010
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 0521143721
• ISBN-13: 9780521143721
• Einband: Paperback
• Zustand: new

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Inhaltsangabe

Each of the contributors examine scientific realism by questioning or rejecting how it was traditionally discussed.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Charlotte y Peter Fiell son dos autoridades en historia, teoría y crítica del diseño y han escrito más de sesenta libros sobre la materia, muchos de los cuales se han convertido en éxitos de ventas. También han impartido conferencias y cursos como profesores invitados, han comisariado exposiciones y asesorado a fabricantes, museos, salas de subastas y grandes coleccionistas privados de todo el mundo. Los Fiell han escrito numerosos libros para TASCHEN, entre los que se incluyen 1000 Chairs, Diseño del siglo XX, El diseño industrial de la A a la Z, Scandinavian Design y Diseño del siglo XXI.