Exploring the Scientific Method – Cases and Questions - Hardcover

Gimbel, Steven

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0226294811 ISBN 13: 9780226294810

Publisher: University of Chicago Press, 2011

Synopsis

Exploring the Scientific Method Provides students the tools to answer for themselves this question: What actually is the scientific method? This title pairs classic and contemporary readings in the philosophy of science with milestones in scientific discovery to illustrate the foundational issues underlying scientific methodology. Full description

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Review:

"All things considered, Gimbel succeeds in creating an innovative textbook that combines philosophical and historical approaches to the study of scientific method. Exploring the Scientific Method is not a comprehensive introduction to philosophy of science, and it does not provide an adequate foundation for advanced study in HPS, but those are not Gimbel's intentions. Focusing on scientific method specifically, rather than on the broader scope of philosophy of science, allows Gimbel to include an impressive variety of material while maintaining the clear themes of characterizing scientific reasoning and the structure of theories. This volume is ideal for a course geared toward students in scientific and other disciplines who wish to gain insight into scientific method, and the unique integrated approach is invaluable for students with no background in HPS."
--Brooke Abounader "Isis "

"This is a truly unique approach for a textbook. The philosophical positions that Gimbel chooses to focus on are important and the choices of primary source articles are excellent. Exploring the Scientific Method will be attractive to anyone teaching courses on the history and philosophy of science."

--Mara Harrell, Carnegie Mellon University

"The way Gimbel integrates core readings in the philosophy of science with case studies works extremely well. As far as I know, Exploring the Scientific Method is the first book that does this, and I think this is exactly the approach that is needed to orient new students in the field."

--Mathias Frisch, University of Maryland

About the Author:

Steven Gimbel is associate professor of philosophy at Gettysburg College. He is the author of several books, including The Grateful Dead and Philosophy and Defending Einstein, and the 2005 recipient of the Luther W. and Bernice L. Thompson Distinguished Teaching Award.

About this edition

• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0226294811
• ISBN 13: 9780226294810
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 512