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Explaining Science : A Cognitive Approach
Overview
Explaining Science challenges fundamental presuppositions of both the philosophy and the sociology of science. Finding a naturalistic middle ground between positivism and relativism, Ronald N. Giere suggests that scientific theories are families of models (similar to the 'cognitive maps' or 'mental models' of cognitive science) that reflect scientists' cognitive interactions with the world they observe.
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- ISBN-13: 9780226292069
- ISBN-10: 0226292061
- Publisher: University of Chicago Press
- Publish Date: May 1990
- Dimensions: 9.07 x 6.05 x 1 inches
- Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds
- Page Count: 344
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