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191011s2019 nyu b 001 0 eng |
| 010 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER |
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| LC control number |
2019028291 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
9781138331518 |
| Qualifying information |
(paperback) |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE |
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| Original cataloging agency |
DLC |
| Language of cataloging |
eng |
| Description conventions |
rda |
| Transcribing agency |
IISERB |
| 042 ## - AUTHENTICATION CODE |
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| Authentication code |
pcc |
| 050 00 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
Q175 |
| Item number |
.R5475 2020 |
| 082 00 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
501 R723P4 |
| Edition number |
23 |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Rosenberg, Alexander. |
| Relator term |
author. |
| 9 (RLIN) |
28857 |
| 245 14 - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
Philosophy of science : |
| Remainder of title |
a contemporary introduction |
| Statement of responsibility, etc |
Alex Rosenberg and Lee McIntyre. |
| 250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT |
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| Edition statement |
Fourth edition. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) |
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| Place of publication, distribution, etc |
New York: |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc |
Routledge, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc |
2020. |
| 263 ## - PROJECTED PUBLICATION DATE |
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1912 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
xiv, 294p. |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE |
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| Bibliography, etc |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE |
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| Formatted contents note |
The relationship between philosophy and science -- Why is philosophy of science important? -- Scientific explanation -- Why do laws explain? -- Causation, inexact laws, and statistical probabilities -- Laws and explanations in biology and the "special sciences" -- The structure of scientific theories -- Epistemic and metaphysical issues about scientific theories -- Theory construction vs. model building -- Induction and probability -- Confirmation, falsification, underdetermination -- Challenges from the history of science -- Naturalism in the philosophy of science -- The contested character of science -- Science, relativism, and objectivity. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc |
"Any serious student attempting to better understand the nature, methods, and justification of science will value Alex Rosenberg's and Lee McIntyre's updated and substantially revised Fourth Edition of Philosophy of Science: A Contemporary Introduction. Weaving lucid explanations with clear analyses, the volume is as a much-used, thematically-oriented introduction to the field"-- |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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Science |
| General subdivision |
Philosophy. |
| 9 (RLIN) |
28858 |
| 700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
McIntyre, Lee C., |
| Relator term |
author. |
| 9 (RLIN) |
28859 |
| 776 08 - ADDITIONAL PHYSICAL FORM ENTRY |
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| Display text |
Online version: |
| Main entry heading |
McIntyre, Lee, 1962- |
| Title |
The philosophy of science |
| Edition |
Fourth. |
| Place, publisher, and date of publication |
New York : Routledge, 2019. |
| International Standard Book Number |
9780429447266 |
| Record control number |
(DLC) 2019028292 |
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Dewey Decimal Classification |
| Koha item type |
Books |