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03774aam a2200421 i 4500 001 5E888D12B22011EBA3B7F59C2EECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20210511010310 008 171018t20182018njua b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2017049915 020 $a 1119118891 020 $a 9781119118893 035 $a (OCoLC)1015258655 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d OCLCQ $d YDX $d CHVBK $d OCLCO $d NZAUC $d CPD $d UKMGB $d YDX $d WRF $d OCLCO $d OCLCA $d GYG $d SILO 042 $a pcc 050 00 $a Q125 $b .D38 2018 082 00 $a 509 $2 23 100 1 $a DeWitt, Richard, $e author. 245 10 $a Worldviews : $b an introduction to the history and philosophy of science / $c Richard DeWitt. 246 3 $a World views 250 $a Third edition. 264 1 $a Hoboken, NJ : $b John Wiley & Sons, Inc., $c [2018] 300 $a xx, 362 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 25 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 00 $t Worldview : concluding thoughts. $t Worldviews ; $t Truth ; $t Empirical facts and philosophical/conceptual facts ; $t Confirming and disconfirming evidence and reasoning ; $t The Quine-Duhem Thesis and implications for scientific method ; $t A pholosphical interlude : problems and puzzles of induction ; $t Falsifiability ; $t Instrumentalizm and realism -- $t The transition from the Aristotelian worldview to the Newtonian worldview. $t The structure of the universe on the Aristotelian worldview ; $t The preface to Ptolemy's Almagest : the earth as spherical, stationary, and at the center of the universe ; $t Astronomical data : the empirical facts ; $t Astronomical data : the philosophical/conceptual facts ; $t The Ptolemaic system ; $t The Copernican system ; $t The Tychonic system ; $t Kepler's system ; $t Galileo and the evidence from the telescope ; $t A summary of problems facing the Aristotelian worldview ; $t Philosphical and conceptual connections in the development of the new science ; $t Overview of the new science and the Newtonian worldview ; $t Philosphical interlude : what is a scientific law? $t The development of the Newtonian worldview, 1700-1900 -- $t Recent developments in science and worldview. $t The special theory of relativity ; $t The general theory of relativity ; $t Philosophical interlude : are (some) scientific theories incommensurable? ; $t Introduction to quantum theory : basic empirical facts and the mathematics of quantum theory ; $t The reality question : the measurement problem and interpretations of quantum theory ; $t Quantum theory and locality : EPR, Bell's Theorem, and the Aspect experiments ; $t Overview of the theory of evolution ; $t Reflections on evolution ; $t Worldview : concluding thoughts. 520 $a "Get a sound introduction to the history and philosophy of science. This book is an ideal text for those coming to the history and philosophy of science for the first time. It covers the key historical developments and philosophical themes and topics that have impacted upon our scientific view of the world around us, and introduces fundamental conceptual issues, including truth, empirical facts and philosophical/conceptual facts , falsifiability, and instrumentalism / realism." --Publisher description. 650 0 $a Science $x History. 650 0 $a Science $x Philosophy. 650 7 $a Science. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01108176 650 7 $a Science $x Philosophy. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01108336 650 7 $a Wissenschaftsphilosophie $2 gnd 650 7 $a Naturwissenschaften $2 gnd 655 7 $a History. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411628 776 08 $i Online version: $a DeWitt, Richard. $t Worldviews. $b Third edition. $d Hoboken : Wiley, 2018 $z 9781119118985 $w (DLC) 2017059375 941 $a 1 952 $l OZAX845 $d 20240525041655.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=5E888D12B22011EBA3B7F59C2EECA4DB 994 $a 92 $b IOOInitiate Another SILO Locator Search