Representing and intervening: introductory topics in the philosophy of natural science por Ian Hacking

By: Hacking, Ian [Autor(a)]
Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publisher: New York: Cambridge University Press, 1983Edition: 1a edición 25a. impresiónDescription: 287 páginas: 22 cmContent type: texto Media type: no mediado Carrier type: volumenISBN: 9780521282468Subject(s): Teoría filosófica | Relatos históricos | Filosofía del experimento | Realismo científicoDDC classification: 501 Abstract: This is a lively and clearly written introduction to the philosophy of natural science, organized around the central theme of scientific realism. It has two parts. 'Representing' deals with the different philosophical accounts of scientific objectivity and the reality of scientific entities. The views of Kuhn, Feyerabend, Lakatos, Putnam, van Fraassen, and others, are all considered. 'Intervening' presents the first sustained treatment of experimental science for many years and uses it to give a new direction to debates about realism. Hacking illustrates how experimentation often has a life independent of theory. He argues that although the philosophical problems of scientific realism can not be resolved when put in terms of theory alone, a sound philosophy of experiment provides compelling grounds for a realistic attitude. A great many scientific examples are described in both parts of the book, which also includes lucid expositions of recent high energy physics and a remarkable chapter on the microscope in cell biology.
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This is a lively and clearly written introduction to the philosophy of natural science, organized around the central theme of scientific realism. It has two parts. 'Representing' deals with the different philosophical accounts of scientific objectivity and the reality of scientific entities. The views of Kuhn, Feyerabend, Lakatos, Putnam, van Fraassen, and others, are all considered. 'Intervening' presents the first sustained treatment of experimental science for many years and uses it to give a new direction to debates about realism. Hacking illustrates how experimentation often has a life independent of theory. He argues that although the philosophical problems of scientific realism can not be resolved when put in terms of theory alone, a sound philosophy of experiment provides compelling grounds for a realistic attitude. A great many scientific examples are described in both parts of the book, which also includes lucid expositions of recent high energy physics and a remarkable chapter on the microscope in cell biology.

Es una introducción viva y claramente escrita a la filosofía de las ciencias naturales, organizada en torno al tema central del realismo científico. Tiene dos partes. "Representar" trata de los diferentes relatos filosóficos de la objetividad científica y la realidad de las entidades científicas. Se consideran las opiniones de Kuhn, Feyerabend, Lakatos, Putnam, van Fraassen y otros. 'Intervening' presenta el primer tratamiento sostenido de la ciencia experimental durante muchos años y lo utiliza para dar una nueva dirección a los debates sobre el realismo. Hacking ilustra cómo la experimentación a menudo tiene una vida independiente de la teoría. Sostiene que, aunque los problemas filosóficos del realismo científico no pueden resolverse cuando se ponen sólo en términos de teoría, una sólida filosofía del experimento proporciona motivos convincentes para una actitud realista. Un gran número de ejemplos científicos se describen en ambas partes del libro, que también incluye exposiciones lúcidas de física reciente de alta energía y un capítulo notable en el microscopio en la biología celular.

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