Images of Science

Images of Science
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Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Total Pages : 320
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ISBN-10 : 9780226106540
ISBN-13 : 0226106543
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Book Synopsis Images of Science by : Bas C. Van Fraassen

Download or read book Images of Science written by Bas C. Van Fraassen and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 1985-10-15 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Churchland and Hooker have collected ten papers by prominent philosophers of science which challenge van Fraassen's thesis from a variety of realist perspectives. Together with van Fraassen's extensive reply . . . these articles provide a comprehensive picture of the current debate in philosophy of science between realists and anti-realists."—Jeffrey Bub and David MacCallum, Foundations of Physics Letters


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