Philosophy of Natural Science ()

Author: [USA] Hempel
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Publish Date: 2006-11-01
Features: This book provides highly in-depth, rigorous, and concise arguments on major issues in contemporary philosophy of science and methodology of science, such as the problem of scientific discovery and hypothesis testing, the nature of scientific laws and scientific theories, the structure and function of scientific explanation, and the formation of scientific concepts and the reduction of scientific theories. For all these issues, the author selects the most appropriate, typical, and vivid cases from the history of science to provide popular explanations. Therefore, it has become a highly engaging textbook on the philosophy of science and is widely used worldwide, with translations available in more than ten languages.