Comprehensibility of the Universe - A New Conception of Science

Zusatztext some of [Maxwell's] insights are of everlasting importance to the philosophy of science . . . My overall conclusion is that Universe is an ideal book for a reading group in philosophy of science or in philosophy of physics. Many of the pressing problems of the philosophy of science are discussed in a lively manner, controversial solutions are passionately defended and some new insights are provided; in particular the chapter on simplicity in physics deserves to be read by all philosophers of physics. Informationen zum Autor Nicholas Maxwell has devoted much of his working life to arguing that we need to bring about a revolution in academia so that it seeks and promotes wisdom and does not just acquire knowledge. He has published eight books on this theme! including How Universities Can Help Create a Wiser World (2014) and In Praise of Natural Philosophy (2017). For 30 years he taught philosophy of science at University College London! where he is now Emeritus Reader. For more about his work! see www.ucl.ac.uk/from-knowledge-to-wisdom. Klappentext The Comprehensibility of the Universe puts forward a radically new conception of science. Nicholas Maxwell argues that the prevailing view of the relation between scientific theory and evidence is untenable; he calls for a new orthodoxy which sees science as making a hierarchy of assumptions about the comprehensibility of the universe. This new conception has significant implications for both philosophy and science! and promises to heal the rift between the two. Zusammenfassung In 'The Comprehensibility of the Universe', Nicholas Maxwell argues that the prevailing view of the relation between scientific theory and evidence is untenable; he calls for a new orthodoxy which sees science as making a hierarchy of assumptions about the comprehensibility of the universe. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1: A New Conception of Science 2: The Failings of Standard Empiricism 3: Comprehensibility 4: Simplicity 5: Induction 6: Evidence, Progress, and Discovery 7: Quantum Theory Mathematical and Physical Appendix Bibliography Index ...

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• Authors: Nicholas Maxwell, Nicholas (Emeritus Reader in Philosophy o Maxwell, Maxwell Nicholas
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 16.01.2003
• EAN: 9780199261550
• ISBN: 978-0-19-926155-0
• No. of pages: 332
• Series: New Conception of Science
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); PHILOSOPHY / Epistemology, PHILOSOPHY / Metaphysics, SCIENCE / Philosophy & Social Aspects, SCIENCE / Physics / Astrophysics, Philosophy of Science, Philosophy: metaphysics & ontology, Philosophy: metaphysics and ontology, Theoretical & mathematical astronomy, Philosophy: epistemology & theory of knowledge, Philosophy: epistemology and theory of knowledge, Theoretical and mathematical astronomy