Experience and Theory: An Essay in the Philosophy of Science Contributor(s): Korner, Stephan (Author) |
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ISBN: 0415847567 ISBN-13: 9780415847568 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $56.04 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2013 |
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BISAC Categories: - Reference - Science | Philosophy & Social Aspects - Social Science |
Dewey: 501 |
Series: Routledge Library Editions: History & Philosophy of Science |
Physical Information: 250 pages |
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Publisher Description: Originally published in 1966. This volume analyzes the general structure of scientific theories, their relation to experience and to non-scientific thought. Part One is concerned with the logic underlying empirical discourse before its subjection to the various constraints, imposed by the logico-mathematical framework of scientific theories upon their content. Part Two is devoted to an examination of this framework and, in particular, to showing that the deductive organization of a field of experience is by that very act a modification of empirical discourse and an idealization of its subject matter. Part Three analyzes the concordance between theories and experience and the relevance of science to moral and religious beliefs. |