Kevin (Hrsg.) McCain

What is Scientific Knowledge?

An Introduction to Contemporary Epistemology of Science

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What Is Scientific Knowledge? is a much-needed collection of introductory-level chapters on the epistemology of science. Renowned historians, philosophers, science educators, and cognitive scientists have authored 19 original contributions specifically for this volume. The chapters, accessible for students in both philosophy and the sciences, serve as helpful introductions to the primary debates surrounding scientific knowledge. First-year undergraduates can readily understand the variety of discussions in the volume, and yet advanced students and scholars will encounter chapters rich enough to engage their many interests. The variety and cov… Mehr

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Produktdetails

Weitere Autoren: Kampourakis, Kostas (Hrsg.)

ISBN: 978-1-351-33660-4
EAN: 9781351336604
Produktnummer: 31341405
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2019
Seitenangabe: 328 S.
Plattform: EPUB
Masse: 1'297 KB
Auflage: 1. Auflage
Abbildungen: 4 schwarz-weiße Abbildungen, 4 schwarz-weiße Zeichnungen, 4 schwarz-weiße Tabellen

Über den Autor

Kevin McCain is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA. His published research includes Evidentialism and Epistemic Justification (2014), The Nature of Scientific Knowledge: An Explanatory Approach (2016), and, with Kostas Kampourakis, Uncertainty: How It Makes Science Advance (2019).Kostas Kampourakis is a researcher in science education and a lecturer at the University of Geneva, Switzerland. His most recent authored books are Making Sense of Genes (2017), Turning Points: How Critical Events Have Driven Human Evolution, Life and Development (2018), and, with Kevin McCain, Uncertainty: How It Makes Science Advance (2019). He has also co-edited, with Michael Reiss, Teaching Biology in Schools: Global Research, Issues and Trends (2018).