Perception, Theory, and Commitment: The New Philosophy of Science Reprint edition by Brown, Harold I. (1993) Paperback

by Harold I. Brown

With originality and clarity, Harold Brown outlines first the logicalempiricist tradition and then the more historical and process-orientedapproach he calls the “new philosophy of science.†Examining the twotogether, he describes the very transition between them as an exampleof the kind of change in historical tradition with which the newphilosophy of science concerns itself.“I would recommend it to every historian of science and to everyphilosopher of science. . . . I found it clear, readable, accurate,cogent, insightful, perceptive, judicious, and full of originalideas.â€â€”Maurice A. Finocchiaro, Isis“The best and most original aspect of the book is its overallconception.â€â€”Thomas S. KuhnHarold I. Brown is professor of philosophy at Northern IllinoisUniversity.

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[Carmo · Rating 4 out of 5]

Una panoramica generale sull'evoluzione della filosofia della scienza dall'empirismo logico al nuovo approccio, passando per il falsificazionismo di Popper.