Philosophy of Science: Very Short Introduction 英文原版 牛津通識系列：科學哲學 Samir Okasha

基本信息

By (author) Samir Okasha

Format Paperback | 160 pages

Dimensions 116 x 174 x 9mm | 126g

Publication date 01 Dec 2016

Publisher Oxford University Press

Publication City/Country Oxford, United Kingdom

Language English

Edition Revised

Edition Statement 2nd Revised edition

Illustrations note 10 black and white images

ISBN10 0198745583

ISBN13 9780198745587

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內容簡介

How much faith should we place in what scientists tell us? Is it possible for scientific knowledge to be fully 'objective'? What, really, can be defined as science? In the second edition of this Very Short Introduction, Samir Okasha explores the main themes and theories of contemporary philosophy of science, and investigates fascinating, challenging questions such as these.

Starting at the very beginning, with a concise overview of the history of science, Okasha examines the nature of fundamental practices such as reasoning, causation, and explanation. Looking at scientific revolutions and the issue of scientific change, he asks whether there is a discernible pattern to the way scientific ideas change over time, and discusses realist versus anti-realist attitudes towards science. He finishes by considering science today, and the social and ethical philosophical

questions surrounding modern science.

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我們應該對科學家們告訴我們的信念有多大？科學知識是否可能完全“客觀”？到底什麼可以定義為科學？在這個“非常簡短的簡介”的第二版中，薩米爾·奧卡沙（Samir Okasha）探索了當代科學哲學的主要主題和理論，並研究了諸如此類的有趣且具有挑戰性的問題。

Okasha從一開始就以對科學歷史的簡要概述為起點，研究了諸如推理，因果關係和解釋之類的基本實踐的本質。他着眼於科學革命和科學變革問題，詢問科學觀念隨時間變化的方式是否存在可辨別的模式，並討論了對科學的現實主義和反現實主義態度。最後，他考慮了當今的科學以及

圍繞現代科學的社會和倫理哲學問題。

關於系列：牛津大學出版社的“非常簡短的介紹”系列包含幾乎每個主題領域的數百種標題。這些袖珍本是快速在新學科上取得成功的理想方法。我們的專家作者結合了事實，分析，觀點，新思想和熱情，使有趣且具挑戰性的主題更具可讀性。

作者簡介

Samir Okasha is Professor of Philosophy of Science at the University of Bristol, where he has taught since 2003. He currently serves as Associate Editor of Philosophy of Science, and has previously served as Associate Editor for the European Journal for the Philosophy of Science. He is currently the holder of a European Research Council Advanced Investigator Award, for a research project entitled 'Darwinism and the Theory of Rational Choice'. His articles have

appeared in multiple leading philosophy and science journal, and he has authored several books, including Evolution and the Levels of Selection (OUP, 2006) and Evolution and Rationality (CUP, 2014).

薩米爾·奧卡沙（Samir Okasha）是布里斯托大學（University of Bristol）的科學哲學教授，自2003年以來一直在該校任教。他目前是科學哲學的副主編，此前還曾擔任《歐洲科學哲學雜誌》的副主編。他目前因一項名為“達爾文主義與理性選擇理論”的研究項目而獲得歐洲研究委員會高級研究者獎。他的文章 發表在多個領先的哲學和科學期刊上，並且他撰寫了多本書，包括《進化論》和《選擇水平》（OUP，2006年）以及《進化與理性》（CUP，2014年）。

書籍目錄

1: What is science?

2: Scientific Inference

3: Explanation in science

4: Realism and anti-realism

5: Scientific change and scientific revolutions

7: Science and its critics

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