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Theory and Truth

Lawrence Sklar
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      Skeptics have cast doubt on the idea that scientific theories give us a true picture of an objective world. Lawrence Sklar examines three kinds of skeptical arguments about scientific truth, and explores the important role that these play within foundational science itself, especially physics First, doubts have been expressed about the legitimacy of claiming truth for assertions about the realm of the unobservable. Second, scientific theories have been characterized as relying heavily on idealization of the physical systems they seek to describe. Third, it is noted that scientific theories tend to be transient, and even the best currently available are expected to be replaced in the future Sklar demonstrates that these kinds of philosophical critique are employed within science itself, and reveals the clear difference between how they operate in a scientific and in a more abstract philosophical context. The underlying theme of Theory and Truth is that science and philosophy are essential to, and inextricable from, each other.
      Format: CONTRIBUTORS: Lawrence Sklar EAN: 9780199251575 COUNTRY: United Kingdom PAGES: WEIGHT: 193 g HEIGHT: 203 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: Oxford University Press DATE PUBLISHED: 2002-02-07 CITY: GENRE: SCIENCE / Philosophy & Social Aspects WIDTH: 136 cm SPINE:

      Book Themes:

      Philosophy of science, Physics, Philosophy: epistemology and theory of knowledge

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      Lawrence Sklar is William K. Frankena Collegiate Professor and Professor of Philosophy, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA. He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
      Skeptics have cast doubt on the idea that scientific theories give us a true picture of an objective world. Lawrence Sklar examines three kinds of skeptical arguments about scientific truth, and explores the important role that these play within foundational science itself, especially physics First, doubts have been expressed about the legitimacy of claiming truth for assertions about the realm of the unobservable. Second, scientific theories have been characterized as relying heavily on idealization of the physical systems they seek to describe. Third, it is noted that scientific theories tend to be transient, and even the best currently available are expected to be replaced in the future Sklar demonstrates that these kinds of philosophical critique are employed within science itself, and reveals the clear difference between how they operate in a scientific and in a more abstract philosophical context. The underlying theme of Theory and Truth is that science and philosophy are essential to, and inextricable from, each other.
      Format: CONTRIBUTORS: Lawrence Sklar EAN: 9780199251575 COUNTRY: United Kingdom PAGES: WEIGHT: 193 g HEIGHT: 203 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: Oxford University Press DATE PUBLISHED: 2002-02-07 CITY: GENRE: SCIENCE / Philosophy & Social Aspects WIDTH: 136 cm SPINE:

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      Philosophy of science, Physics, Philosophy: epistemology and theory of knowledge

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      Lawrence Sklar is William K. Frankena Collegiate Professor and Professor of Philosophy, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA. He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

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