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100	1		_aRosenberg, Alexander. _eauthor. _928857
245	1	4	_aPhilosophy of science : _ba contemporary introduction _cAlex Rosenberg and Lee McIntyre.
250			_aFourth edition.
260			_aNew York: _bRoutledge, _c2020.
263			_a1912
300			_axiv, 294p.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0		_aThe 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			_a"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	_aScience _xPhilosophy. _928858
700	1		_aMcIntyre, Lee C., _eauthor. _928859
776	0	8	_iOnline version: _aMcIntyre, Lee, 1962- _tThe philosophy of science _bFourth. _dNew York : Routledge, 2019. _z9780429447266 _w(DLC) 2019028292
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