Exceeding Our Grasp: Science, History, and the Problem of Unconceived Alternatives - Hardcover

Stanford, P. Kyle

 
9780195174083: Exceeding Our Grasp: Science, History, and the Problem of Unconceived Alternatives
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0195174089 ISBN 13: 9780195174083
Publisher: OUP USA, 2006

Synopsis

History reveals our routine failure to conceive of well-confirmed alternatives to our scientific theories. Stanford shows why existing defenses of scientific realism cannot evade the problem and proposes an alternative positive image of the scientific enterprise.

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About the Author

P. Kyle Stanford is an Associate Professor in the Department of Logic and Philosophy of Science at the University of California, Irvine. He obtained his Ph.D. in 1997 from the Department of Philosophy and the Science Studies Program at the University of California, San Diego. His articles on the history and philosophy of science have appeared in The Journal of Philosophy, Philosophy of Science, and elsewhere. This is his first book.

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Publisher
OUP USA
Publication date
2006
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0195174089
ISBN 13 
9780195174083
Binding
Hardcover
Edition number
1
Number of pages
248

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