Science and Its Ways of Knowing

Science and Its Ways of Knowing

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Book Description
This broad collection of accessible essays helps readers develop a fuller appreciation of the nature of science and scientific knowledge in general. The focus throughout is on the relationships in science between fact and theory, about the nature of scientific theory, and about the kinds of claims on truth that science makes. Arranges essays according to three essential aspects of scientific practice: Method, theory, and discovery. For scientists looking to broaden their general knowledge of basic scientific theory.

Book Info
Organized into three parts - On scientific method, Developing a theory, and Context of discovery this collection of essays discusses such issues as the relationship between fact and theory, and the claims on truth that science makes. Paper. DLC: Science - Methodology.

Science and Its Ways of Knowing

Science and Its Ways of Knowing,John Hatton,Paul B. Plouffe,Prentice Hall,0132055767,Methodology,Physics,Research & Methodology,Science,Science/Mathematics,Scientific Methodology And Research,Thought and thinking,Science / Physics,Science: General Issues

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