Chalmers was elected a fellow of the Academy of Humanities in 1997. His primary research interest is the philosophy of science and he is author of the best-selling textbook What Is This Thing Called Science? which has been translated into many languages.
He has been a visiting scholar at the Flinders University Philosophy Department since 1999. For the 2007 fall semester he was a visiting professor at the University of Pittsburgh.
Chalmers is an associate professor at the History and Philosophy of Science department of the University of Sydney.
Books:
Science and Its Fabrication, Open University Press and University of Minnesota Press, 1990, pp. 142+xii. (Translated into French, German, Dutch, Spanish, Korean, Portuguese and Chinese.)
What Is This Thing Called Science?, 3rd revised edition, University of Queensland Press, Hackett, 1999. (Originally published 1976; second edition: 1982.)
The Scientist's Atom and the Philosopher's Stone – How Science Succeeded and Philosophy Failed to Gain Knowledge of Atoms, Springer, 2009, pp. 288+xii.
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What Is This Thing Called Science? 2025 pdf epub mobi 電子書 下載
1 歸納主義 眼見為實 經驗歸納的事實就是科學 (但事實不代錶真相) 2 否證主義 可以校驗是否正確的纔是科學(但錯瞭也許隻是當時科學水平不夠) 3 結構科學觀 科學是圍繞一個範式體係運作的(但太強調範式的重要性) 4 貝葉斯主義 科學不是絕對的東西 可以計算概率 對錯都有可...
評分 評分否定實證主義(歸納邏輯)及否證主義的論證很精彩。庫恩和拉卡托斯的理論,在我看來就像是以太,毫無用處,完全可以用奧卡姆剃刀給他颳的乾乾淨淨(什麼都想說明,而又什麼也講不清)。無政府主義我很喜歡,但是作者有過度演繹無政府主義,甚至有些扭麯該理論的嫌疑(有太多矛...
評分科學哲學是對科學活動的反思。科學依賴於歸納,然而歸納雖然是實用的但是是不可靠的。然後有瞭波普爾的證僞主義,庫恩的範式革命,拉卡托斯的研究綱領等等流派。 證僞主義的思路其實很簡單,也很重要,是判定科學性的一個判據。就是看理論是否可能提齣反例來,就是不能證僞的...
圖書標籤: 科學哲學 哲學 科普 英文原版 science 科學哲學 Philosophy 李笑來
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評分很好的教材,這學期科哲導論由外教帶,期末全英文閉捲考也是生平第一次。雖然考完瞭,剩下的部分還是要看完
評分哥白尼、伽利略、牛頓你們辛苦瞭,到處都在做例子。。。
評分哥白尼、伽利略、牛頓你們辛苦瞭,到處都在做例子。。。
評分擺在手邊太久沒看,因為背景知識太熟無新意,這兩天還是過瞭一遍,確保無生詞。
What Is This Thing Called Science? 2025 pdf epub mobi 電子書 下載