Książka Making Prehistory Derek Turner

Making Prehistory

Historical Science and the Scientific Realism Debate

Autor: Derek Turner
Język: Angielski
Oprawa: Twarda
Dostępność: Dostępna u dostawcy
Wysyłamy za 9-15 dni
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Scientists often make surprising claims about things that no one can observe. In physics, chemistry,...

Informacje o książce

Autor
Język
Angielski
Oprawa
Książka - Twarda
Data wydania
2007
strony
238
EAN
9780521875202
ISBN
052187520X
Enbook ID
02048495
Waga
52
Wymiary
151 x 236 x 19

Pełny opis

Scientists often make surprising claims about things that no one can observe. In physics, chemistry, and molecular biology, scientists can at least experiment on those unobservable entities, but what about researchers in fields such as paleobiology and geology who study prehistory, where no such experimentation is possible? Do scientists discover facts about the distant past or do they, in some sense, make prehistory? In this 2007 book Derek Turner argues that this problem has surprising and important consequences for the scientific realism debate. His discussion covers some of the main positions in philosophy of science - realism, social constructivism, empiricism, and the natural ontological attitude - and shows how they relate to issues in paleobiology and geology. His original and thought-provoking book will be of wide interest to philosophers and scientists alike.

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