Understanding Scientific Understanding

Auteur: de Regt, Henk (Professor of Philosophy of Natural Sciences, Professor of Philosophy of Natural Sciences, Radboud University Nijmegen)
Editeur: Oxford University Press Inc
Understanding is a central aim of science and highly important in present-day society. But what precisely is scientific understanding and how can it be achieved? This book answers these questions, through philosophical analysis and historical case studies, and presents a philosophical theory of scientific understanding that highlights its contextual nature.
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Understanding is a central aim of science and highly important in present-day society. But what precisely is scientific understanding and how can it be achieved? This book answers these questions, through philosophical analysis and historical case studies, and presents a philosophical theory of scientific understanding that highlights its contextual nature.
ISBN / EAN 9780197510261
Auteur de Regt, Henk (Professor of Philosophy of Natural Sciences, Professor of Philosophy of Natural Sciences, Radboud University Nijmegen)
Editeur Oxford University Press Inc