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Making Scientific Discoveries

Making Scientific Discoveries

Scientific progress depends crucially on scientific discoveries. Yet the topic of scientific discoveries has not been central to debate in the philosoph… Mehr

Autor: Hahn, Susanne

Verlag: Brill | mentis

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Beschreibung

Scientific progress depends crucially on scientific discoveries. Yet the topic of scientific discoveries has not been central to debate in the philosophy of science. This book aims to remedy this shortcoming. Based on a broad reading of the term “science” (similar to the German term “Wissenschaft ”), the book convenes experts from different disciplines who reflect upon several intertwined questions connected to the topic of making scientific discoveries. Among these questions are the following: What are the preconditions for making scientific discoveries? What is it that we (have to) do when we make discoveries in science? What are the objects of scientific discoveries, how do we name them, and how do scientific names function? Do dis-coveries in, say, physics and biology, share an underlying structure, or do they differ from each other in crucial ways? Are other fields such as theology and environmental studies loci of scientific discovery? What is the purpose of making scientific discoveries? Explaining nature or reality? Increasing scientific knowledge? Finding new truths? If so, how can we account for instructive blunders and serendipities in science? In the light of the above, the following is an encompassing question of the book: What does it mean to make a discovery in science, and how can scientific discoveries be distinguished from non-scientific discoveries?
Produktnummer 97839574321001
EAN 9783957432100
Verlag Brill | mentis
Autor Hahn, Susanne
Produktform Softcover
Sprachen Englisch
Auflage 1
Erscheinungsdatum 12.11.2021
Seiten 236
Maße Breite 155 mm x Höhe 21 mm
Gewicht 0.43 kg