| Título : |
The Nature of Scientific Knowledge : An Explanatory Approach |
| Tipo de documento: |
Libro |
| Autores: |
Kevin McCain, Autor |
| Editorial: |
Springer International Publishing Switzerland |
| Fecha de publicación: |
2016 |
| Colección: |
Springer Undergraduate Texts in Philosophy |
| Número de páginas: |
xiii, 277 p. |
| Il.: |
il |
| ISBN/ISSN/DL: |
978-3-319-33403-5 |
| Idioma : |
Inglés (eng) |
| Clasificación: |
[BFA] Epistemología
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| Palabras clave: |
Filosofía de la Ciencia Conocimiento científico Epistemología |
| Nota de contenido: |
The Importance of Understanding the Nature of Scientific Knowledge.
I. General Features of Knowledge (The traditional account of knowledge; Belief; Truth; Justification; Evidence; Basing a belief on a evidence; A problem for the traditional account of knowledge)
II. Challenges to Scientific Knowledge (Skepticism about the external world; Skepticism about induction; Empirical evidence of irrationality; Anti-realism about science)
III.Social Dimensions of Scientific Knowledge (Gaining scientific knowledge from others; Knowledge in a scientific community; Looking back and looking forward)
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| Link: |
https://www.bfa.fcnym.unlp.edu.ar/id/46479 |