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Smoke and Mirrors

How Science Reflects Reality
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This work fights back against figures such as Richard Rorty, Bruno Latour, Michael Ruse and Hilary Putnam who have attacked realist accounts of science. The second part argues that there are some amazing ways in which science mirrors the world. The role of abstraction, abstract objects and "a priori" ways of getting at reality are all explored in showing how science reflects reality. In addition to defending this particular way of understanding science, the text is a defence of science and knowledge in general and should interest those who wish or need to know how science works.

Author Biography:

James Robert Brown is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Toronto. His research interests include the philosophy of mathematics, foundations of physics, social relations of science, and thought experiments, as well as more general issues in the philosophy of science. He is the author of two earlier books: The Rational and the Social and The Laboratory of the Mind which are both available from Routledge.
Release date NZ
February 3rd, 1994
Audiences
  • General (US: Trade)
  • Tertiary Education (US: College)
Pages
210
Dimensions
138x216x20
ISBN-13
9780415091800
Product ID
5248514

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