Book description
Aimed at students from all disciplines,Table of contents
- Title Page
- Contents
- About the Author
- Preface
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Origins of Scientific Enquiry
- 3. European Origins of Science
- 4. Contributions of Early India
- 5. Science in China
- 6. The Role of the Arabs in the History of Science
- 7. Science in the Middle Ages
- 8. Newton and After
- 9. The Advancing Frontiers: Modern Medicine to Nanotechnology
- 10. Basic Concepts in the Philosophy of Science
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11. Some Issues in the Philosophy of Science
- 11.1. Scientific Change and Scientific Revolutions
- 11.2. Paradigms and Research Programmes
- 11.3. Research Traditions (or Problem-Solving) Model
- 11.4. Technologism
- 11.5. Philosophical Problems in Physics, Biology, and Psychology
- 11.6. Science and Values
- 11.7. Science and Religion
- 11.8. Science and Society
- 11.9. Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Glossary
- Copyright
- Exercises
Product information
- Title: An Introduction to the History and Philosophy of Science
- Author(s):
- Release date: July 2009
- Publisher(s): Pearson India
- ISBN: 9788131786758
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