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The Theory of Science: A Philosophical Investigation into the Symbolic Reduction of Experience
Author(s): John Roscoe (Author)
- Publisher: Edwin Mellen Press Ltd
- Publication Date: 1 May 2010
- Language: English
- Print length: 262 pages
- ISBN-10: 077343609X
- ISBN-13: 9780773436091
Book Description
This book views Science as the quest for understanding, distinguishes it from the many works on the Philosophy of Science from the last century which insisted that Science is the quest for knowledge. By that was meant that the goal of scientific activity is possession of the Truth. The ultimate reason for this position was that the Analytic Philosophy of the Twentieth-Century was built upon a logic of truth-values. The author’s particular claim is this: that what makes Science Science can only be the peculiar mode of its exercise of reason.
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This book views Science as the quest for understanding, distinguishes it from the many works on the Philosophy of Science from the last century which insisted that Science is the quest for knowledge. By that was meant that the goal of scientific activity is possession of the Truth. The ultimate reason for this position was that the Analytic Philosophy of the Twentieth-Century was built upon a logic of truth-values. The author’s particular claim is this: that what makes Science Science can only be the peculiar mode of its exercise of reason.
About the Author
Dr.Roscoe holds a B.Sc. from St. Andrews, Mag Art from Oslo. He is a professor of Philosophy at the University of Stavanger.
