Samir Okasha is Professor of Philosophy of Science at the University of Bristol, where he has taught since 2003. He currently serves as Associate Editor of Philosophy of Science, and has previously served as Associate Editor for the European Journal for the Philosophy of Science. He is currently the holder of a European Research Council Advanced Investigator Award, for a research project entitled Darwinism and the Theory of Rational Choice. His articles have appeared in multiple leading philosophy and science journal, and he has authored several books, including Evolution and the Levels of Selection (OUP, 2006) and Evolution and Rationality (CUP, 2014).
How much faith should we place in what scientists tell us? Is it possible for scientific knowledge to be fully "objective?" What, really, can be defined as science? In the second edition of this Very Short Introduction, Samir Okasha explores the main themes and theories of contemporary philosophy of science, and investigates fascinating, challenging questions such as these.
Starting at the very beginning, with a concise overview of the history of science, Okasha examines the nature of fundamental practices such as reasoning, causation, and explanation. Looking at scientific revolutions and the issue of scientific change, he asks whether there is a discernible pattern to the way scientific ideas change over time, and discusses realist versus anti-realist attitudes towards science. He finishes by considering science today, and the social and ethical philosophical questions surrounding modern science.
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前段時間的美國大選鬧得沸沸揚揚,最後川普當選又是帶來瞭口沫橫飛的各種爭論。我用臉書用得很少,加的朋友有一大部分是以前同學和現在的同事,可能是太接近學術界的圈子,見到對川普最多的評論是關於他對科學和科技發錶的言論。當然他對科學的看法很多從科學的角度來看十分荒...
評分第一章 何為科學 o 科學傢探索世界的特殊方法:例如實驗方法的運用 o 科學理論的建構 o 現代科學起源: § 1500-1750(科學革命時期) 第一個關鍵階段:哥白尼革命 伽利略采用數學語言描述物質世界中真實物體的行為;強調運用實驗來檢驗假說的重要性 笛卡爾提齣”機械論哲學“ ...
評分 評分 評分應當是每個人大學前必讀的書,論述瞭各門科學所采用的研究方法,反過來,也可用這種方法去檢驗一個觀點的科學性。掌握瞭書裏所談的推理,科學檢驗,解釋的一些原則和假設後,學習起新知識來纔能更鞭闢入裏,因為你能找到一個觀點的推理起源,從而從本質上思考它依賴的假設與證...
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評分首先,此書已經有數篇更值得細品的精彩書評,無比推薦閱讀;第二,我給五星評價的個人標準為顛覆現有知識體係,而由於我略知一點相關內容,所以最終給瞭四星,對於對科學哲學一無所知的讀者,此書也許值得五星。此書對我的助益在於把過去完全零散的點梳理瞭一遍,其中一些持續睏惑的問題被提到哲學層麵進行瞭初步解釋,並指明瞭未來可繼續深挖的方嚮。在這個時代,雖然主流群體大多已嚮“科學”錶示齣各種好感,甚至以“科學”之名為標榜,但是可以毫不客氣的說,如果你沒有瞭解過科學哲學這個知識領域,那麼任何與“科學”沾邊的思想與行為都是應該被懷疑的,起碼是建立在低端科學觀之上。科學哲學是科學的元學科,它思考最為高大上的終極科學問題:什麼是科學?不同理論如何比較?實驗方法是否有極限?科學能否解釋一切?等等。答案恐怕超乎你的想象。
評分科學哲學課程的自學材料 不過就算讀完瞭也不知道要寫啥……老師上課也太飄瞭,對論文的要求又讓人很難辦(哭
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