Reflections upon Science

Seungbae Park

한국학술정보

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Publication Date	2025/02/28
Pages/Weight/Size	15222517mm
ISBN	9791173182525
Categories	자연과학

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Description

This book is intended to be a useful philosophy of science textbook for undergraduate students majoring in science and engineering. The topics are selected on the basis of students’ interest and their contributions to class discussions. Philosophical jargons are kept to a minimum for the convenience of readers who do not major in philosophy. Renowned philosophers’ views about science are criticized and sometimes alternatives are defended. Study questions at the end of each chapter are intended to stimulate students to think for themselves about science.

Contents

1. Basic Terms
2. Scientific Knowledge
3. Hypothesis, Law, and Theory
4. Descriptivism vs. Instrumentalism
5. The Aims of Science
6. Scientific Methods
7. Scientific Explanation
8. Reductions in Science
9. Logical Positivism
10. Observation and Theory
11. Scientific Revolutions
12. Science and Religion
13. Scientific Realism vs. Antirealism
14. Scientific Progress
15. The Virtues of Scientific Theories
16. Philosophy of Biology
17. Evolutionary Psychology
18. Philosophy of Physics (Absolute Space)
19. Philosophy of Physics (Quantum Mechanics)
20. Philosophy of Mathematics
21. Is Philosophy of Science Useful to Science?

Author

Seungbae Park

Seungbae Park is a philosophy professor at UNIST in the Republic of Korea. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Arizona in 2001. He taught at the University of Arizona, the University of Maryland, and POSTECH. He published about 80 papers in SCI-level international journals, and a book titled Embracing Scientific Realism in Springer in 2022. He served as an anonymous referee for SCI-level international journals, such as Journal of Philosophy and Philosophy of Science.
https://philpeople.org/profiles/seungbae-park