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Philosophy of science focuses on metaphysical, epistemic and semantic aspects of scientific practice, and overlaps with metaphysics, ontology, logic, and epistemology, for example, when it explores the relationship between science and the concept of truth. Philosophy of science is both a theoretical and empirical discipline, relying on ...
N/A. Followed by. Science in a Free Society. Against Method: Outline of an Anarchistic Theory of Knowledge is a 1975 book by Austrian philosopher of science Paul Feyerabend. The central thesis of the book is that science should become an anarchic enterprise. [1] In the context of the work, the term "anarchy" refers to epistemological anarchy ...
Constructivism is a view in the philosophy of science that maintains that scientific knowledge is constructed by the scientific community, which seeks to measure and construct models of the natural world. According to constructivists, natural science consists of mental constructs that aim to explain sensory experiences and measurements, and ...
Nancy Cartwright, Lady Hampshire FBA, FAcSS (born 24 June 1944) [2] is an American philosopher of science. She is a professor of philosophy at the University of California at San Diego and the University of Durham. Currently, she is the President of the Division for Logic, Methodology and Philosophy of Science and Technology (DLMPST) of the ...
Sir Karl Raimund Popper CH FRS FBA [ 4 ] (28 July 1902 – 17 September 1994) was an Austrian–British [ 5 ] philosopher, academic and social commentator. [ 6 ][ 7 ][ 8 ] One of the 20th century's most influential philosophers of science, [ 9 ][ 10 ][ 11 ] Popper is known for his rejection of the classical inductivist views on the scientific ...
Analytic philosophy. Bertrand Russell helped to develop what is now called " Analytic Philosophy." Alongside G. E. Moore, Russell was shown to be partly responsible for the British revolt against idealism, a philosophy greatly influenced by G. W. F. Hegel and his British apostle, F. H. Bradley. [1] This revolt was echoed 30 years later in ...
The Logic of Scientific Discovery is a 1959 book about the philosophy of science by the philosopher Karl Popper. Popper rewrote his book in English from the 1934 (imprint '1935') German original, titled Logik der Forschung. Zur Erkenntnistheorie der modernen Naturwissenschaft, which literally translates as, "Logic of Research: On the ...
Paul Karl Feyerabend (German: [ˈfaɪɐˌʔaːbm̩t]; January 13, 1924 – February 11, 1994) was an Austrian philosopher best known for his work in the philosophy of science. He started his academic career as lecturer in the philosophy of science at the University of Bristol (1955–1958); afterwards, he moved to the University of California ...