Philosophy of Science: 18 (Midwest studies in philosophy) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0268014078 ISBN 13: 9780268014070

Publisher: University of Notre Dame Press, 1993

Synopsis

The 21 essays collected in this volume of ""Midwest Studies in Philosophy"" question and debate the primary assumptions of science. These are its conception of an orderly universe; its ability to define; and its ability to explain. The contributors approach these topics from varying perspectives, including the historic development of our understanding of the scientific enterprise; the controversy of opposing paradigms; and the challenges raised by quantum mechanics.

About this title

About the Author

Dr Peter A. French is the Lincoln Chair in Ethics, Professor of Philosophy and the Director of the Lincoln Center for Applied Ethics at Arizona State University. He is the author of twenty books including, most recently, Ethics and College Sports (2004), The Virtues of Vengeance (2001) and Cowboy Metaphysics: Ethics and Death in Westerns (1997). He is a senior and founding editor of Midwest Studies in Philosophy and his articles have appeared in numerous philosophical and legal journals.

Howard Wettstein is Professor of Philosophy at the University of California, Riverside.

Edition details

• Publisher: University of Notre Dame Press
• Publication date: 1993
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0268014078
• ISBN 13: 9780268014070
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 456
• Editor: French Peter A., Jr. Theodore E. Uehling, Wettstein Howard K.