03622nam a22004455i 4500001001800000003000900018005001700027007001500044008004100059020001800100024003500118050001500153050000800168072001600176072002300192072001500215100007900230245008500309250001800394264008500412300006500497336002600562337002600588338003600614347002400650490004200674505082500716520120701541650002502748650002502773650002702798650005602825700007502881710003402956773002602990776003603016776003603052830004203088856004603130978-3-031-56049-1DE-He21320251030112634.0cr nn 008mamaa240717s2024    sz |    s    |||| 0|eng d  a97830315604917 a10.1007/978-3-031-56049-12doi 4aQ174-175.3 4aB67 7aPDA2bicssc 7aSCI0750002bisacsh 7aPDA2thema1 aAnjum, Rani Lill.eauthor.4aut4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut10aPhilosophy of Scienceh[electronic resource] /cby Rani Lill Anjum, Elena Rocca.  a1st ed. 2024. 1aCham :bSpringer International Publishing :bImprint: Palgrave Macmillan,c2024.  aXIII, 203 p. 14 illus., 3 illus. in color.bonline resource.  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  atext filebPDF2rda1 aPalgrave Philosophy Today,x2947-93470 aPart I: What’s so special about science? Defining science -- 1. What counts as scientific knowledge? -- 2. Should science be defined by its methodology? -- 3. Is science defined by its community? -- 4. Is science defined by power? -- Part II: Why science cannot ignore philosophy; Philosophical bias in science -- 5. Conflicting evidence and the bias that science cannot avoid -- 6. Does science uncover or construct truths?; Bias about observation -- 7. Understanding and analysing complexity; Bias about processes and things -- 8. Scientific methods and causal evidencing; Bias about causality -- 9. Defining and assessing risk; Bias about values and probability -- Part III: What then when experts disagree?; Applying philosophy to scientific controversy -- 10. Philosophical analysis of some cases of disagreement.  aThis textbook is a comprehensive, engaging, and user-friendly introduction to philosophy of science, written by a philosopher and a scientist. By exploring traditional debates within philosophy of science, as well as analysing contemporary scientific controversies for philosophical bias, the reader is invited to reflect upon how philosophical assumptions influence scientific theory, methods, and practice. Key features: Is an accessible introduction to philosophy of science written by a philosopher and a scientist. Includes some of the many important contributions from women philosophers and scientists. Demonstrates the philosophical influences on scientific thinking, practice, and expert disagreement. Applies philosophy of science to analyse some specific real-life cases of scientific controversy. This book is an essential resource for students and teachers in philosophy of science. It is also ideal for anyone interested in the philosophical influences on contemporary science. Rani Lill Anjum is a Research Fellow in Philosophy at the Norwegian University of Life Sciences. Elena Rocca is Associate Professor at the Department of Life Sciences and Health at Oslo Metropolitan University. 0aSciencexPhilosophy. 0aPhysicsxPhilosophy.14aPhilosophy of Science.24aPhilosophical Foundations of Physics and Astronomy.1 aRocca, Elena.eauthor.4aut4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut2 aSpringerLink (Online service)0 tSpringer Nature eBook08iPrinted edition:z978303156048408iPrinted edition:z9783031560507 0aPalgrave Philosophy Today,x2947-934740uhttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-56049-1