Scientific Knowledge: Causation, Explanation, and Corroboration

by James H. Fetzer

Book Overview

With this defense of intensional realism as a philosophical foundation for understanding scientific procedures and grounding scientific knowledge, James Fetzer provides a systematic alternative to much of recent work on scientific theory. To Fetzer, the current state of understanding the 'laws' of nature, or the 'law-like' statements of scientific theories, appears to be one of philosophical defeat; and he is determined to overcome that defeat. Based...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9027713367
• ISBN13: 9789027713360
• Release Date: December 1981
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 339 Pages
• Weight: 1.03 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"