Worldviews an introduction to the history and philosophy of science Third Edition Dewitt 1119118999 9781119118992

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• ISBN 10: 1119118999
• ISBN 13: 9781119118992
• Author: Dewitt

Building on the foundations which earned the book its critical acclaim, author Richard DeWitt considers fundamental issues in the philosophy of science through the historical worldviews that influenced them, charting the evolution of Western science through the rise and fall of dominant systems of thought. Chapters have been updated to include discussion of recent findings in quantum theory, general relativity, and evolutionary theory, and two new chapters exclusive to the third edition enrich its engagement with radical developments in contemporary science.

At a time in modern history when the nature of truth, fact, and reality seem increasingly controversial, the third edition of Worldviews presents complex concepts with clarity and verve, and prepares inquisitive minds to engage critically with some of the most exciting questions in the philosophy of science.

Table of contents:

Part I: Fundamental Issues

Chapter 1: Worldviews

Chapter 2: Truth

Chapter 3: Empirical Facts and Philosophical/Conceptual Facts

Chapter 4: Confirming and Disconfirming Evidence and Reasoning

Chapter 5: The Quine–Duhem Thesis and Implications for Scientific Method

Chapter 6: A Philosophical Interlude: Problems and Puzzles of Induction

Chapter 7: Falsifiability

Chapter 8: Instrumentalism and Realism

Part II: The Transition from the Aristotelian Worldview to the Newtonian Worldview

Chapter 9: The Structure of the Universe on the Aristotelian Worldview

Chapter 10: The Preface to Ptolemy’s Almagest: The Earth as Spherical, Stationary, and at the Center of the Universe

Chapter 11: Astronomical Data: The Empirical Facts

Chapter 12: Astronomical Data: The Philosophical/Conceptual Facts

Chapter 13: The Ptolemaic System

Chapter 14: The Copernican System

Chapter 15: The Tychonic System

Chapter 16: Kepler’s System

Chapter 17: Galileo and the Evidence from the Telescope

Chapter 18: A Summary of Problems Facing the Aristotelian Worldview

Chapter 19: Philosophical and Conceptual Connections in the Development of the New Science

Chapter 20: Overview of the New Science and the Newtonian Worldview

Chapter 21: Philosophical Interlude: What Is a Scientific Law?

Chapter 22: The Development of the Newtonian Worldview, 1700–1900

Part III: Recent Developments In Science and Worldviews

Chapter 23: The Special Theory of Relativity

Chapter 24: The General Theory of Relativity

Chapter 25: Philosophical Interlude: Are (Some) Scientific Theories Incommensurable?

Chapter 26: Introduction to Quantum Theory: Basic Empirical Facts and the Mathematics of Quantum Theory

Chapter 27: The Reality Question: The Measurement Problem and Interpretations of Quantum Theory

Chapter 28: Quantum Theory and Locality: EPR, Bell’s Theorem, and the Aspect Experiments

Chapter 29: Overview of the Theory of Evolution

Chapter 30: Reflections on Evolution

Chapter 31: Worldviews: Concluding Thoughts

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