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The Advancement of Science

Science Without Legend, Objectivity Without Illusions

Philip Kitcher author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Oxford University Press Inc

Published:17th Aug '95

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Philip Kitcher resurrects notions of objectivity and progress in science by identifying both the limitations of idealized treatments of the growth of knowledge and overreactions to philosophical idealizations.

It is a serious, learned, thoroughly argued work. * Nature *

ISBN: 9780195096538

Dimensions: 154mm x 232mm x 28mm

Weight: 599g

432 pages