TY  - BOOK
AU  - Giere,Ronald N.
TI  - Explaining science: a cognitive approach 
T2  - Science and its conceptual foundations series
SN  - 9780226292038 (electronic bk.)
AV  - Q175 .G4889 1990eb
U1  - 500 22
PY  - 1990///, c1988
CY  - Chicago
PB  - University of Chicago Press
KW  - Science
KW  - Philosophy
KW  - Social aspects
KW  - Cognition
KW  - Realism
KW  - SCIENCE
KW  - General
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Philosophie des sciences
KW  - ram
KW  - Épistémologie
KW  - Sciences
KW  - Aspects sociaux
KW  - Réalisme (philosophie)
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 295-313) and index; List of Figures; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1. Toward a Unified Cognitive Theory of Science; 2. Theories of Science; 3. Models and Theories; 4. Constructive Realism; 5. Realism in the Laboratory; 6. Scientific Judgment; 7. Models and Experiments; 8. Explaining the Revolution in Geology; Epilogue: Reflexive Reflections; Notes; References; Index
N2  - &Quot;This volume presents an attempt to construct a unified cognitive theory of science in relatively short compass. It confronts the strong program in sociology of science and the positions of various postpositivist philosophers of science, developing significant alternatives to each in a readily comprehensible style. It draws loosely on recent developments in cognitive science, without burdening the argument with detailed results from that source. . . . The book is thus a provocative one. Perhaps that is a measure of its value: it will lead scholars and serious student from a number of sci
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