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Written with an eye on future developments, the Companion surveys the current state of the philosophy of science. All the articles are new and written in a fresh style by top notch people,many of whom are established figures in the field... Forty years ago, Paul Feyerabend (1970) complained that philosophy of science was "a subject with a great past". Steven French and Juha Saatsi's book gives us every reason to believe that it now has a great future. -- Metascience This anthology is a welcome antidote to both of thesetrends. Collected in this volume are introductions to some of the best new workbeing done in the philosophy of science, written in a way that is accessibleand interesting to specialists and nonspecialists alike. Unlike many of itscompetitors, it also underscores the many deep connections between philosophyof science and other subfields, such as metaphysics, epistemology, and history. -- Notre Dame Philosophical Review, Alisa Bokulich, Boston University ...This Bloomsbury Companion provides a comprehensive approach to the field with uniformly well-written essays...The study as a whole is an ably drawn compendium of a wide range of problems, together with a forward-looking perspective on emerging trends in the field...This will be an important reference work for all collections in the philosophy of science. -- Choice Choice
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- Author/s French, Steven / Saatsi, Juha
- ISBN13 9781472527592
- ISBN10 1472527593
- Pages 475
- Published 2014
- Language English
The Bloomsbury companion to philosophy of science
- Author Steven French , Juha Saatsi
- Publisher BLOOMSBURY
- ISBN 9781472527592
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