Scientific pluralism is an issue at the forefront of philosophy of science. This landmark work addresses the question, Can pluralism be advanced as a general, philosophical interpretation of science? Scientific Pluralism demonstrates the viability of the view that some phenomena require multiple accounts. Pluralists observe that scientists present various--sometimes even incompatible--models of the world and argue that this is due to the complexity of the world and representational limitations. Including investigations in ...
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Scientific pluralism is an issue at the forefront of philosophy of science. This landmark work addresses the question, Can pluralism be advanced as a general, philosophical interpretation of science? Scientific Pluralism demonstrates the viability of the view that some phenomena require multiple accounts. Pluralists observe that scientists present various--sometimes even incompatible--models of the world and argue that this is due to the complexity of the world and representational limitations. Including investigations in biology, physics, economics, psychology, and mathematics, this work provides an empirical basis for a consistent stance on pluralism and makes the case that it should change the ways that philosophers, historians, and social scientists analyze scientific knowledge.Contributors: John Bell, U of Western Ontario; Michael Dickson, U of South Carolina; Carla Fehr, Iowa State U; Ronald N. Giere, U of Minnesota; Geoffrey Hellman, U of Minnesota; Alan Richardson, U of British Columbia; C. Wade Savage, U of Minnesota; Esther-Mirjam Sent, U of Nijmegen.Stephen H. Kellert is professor of philosophy at Hamline University and a fellow of the Minnesota Center for Philosophy of Science. Helen E. Longino is professor of philosophy at Stanford University. C. Kenneth Waters is associate professor of philosophy and director of the Minnesota Center for Philosophy of Science.
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Near Fine. First edition, 2006. 8vo, hardcover, xxix, 248 pp. No dust jacket. Indexed. Contributor C. Wade Savage's copy. His signature is written on front flyleaf along with "Personal, emended version." Pencil notations appear in the margins of his own chapter of the book. Otherwise book is Near Fine and pages are clean and unmarked. C. Wade Savage was a professor at the University of Minnesota who specialized in Philosophy and Philosophy of Science.
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Near Fine in very good jacket. First edition, 2006. 8vo, hardcover, xxix, 248 pp. Book is Near Fine and pages are clean and unmarked. Dust jacket is Very Good+ with minor bumping to crown and foot of spine and faint dent and edgewear to front panel. Dust jacket is housed in archival dust jacket protector.
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