The Nature of Scientific Thinking: On Interpretation, Explanation, and Understanding

by Jan Faye

Book Overview

Scientific thinking must be understood as an activity. The acts of interpretation, representation, and explanation are the cognitive processes by which scientific thinking leads to understanding. The book explores the nature of these processes and describes how scientific thinking can only be grasped from a pragmatic perspective.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1137389826
• ISBN13: 9781137389824
• Release Date: April 2014
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 333 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.6" x 8.6"