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100	1		_aRosenberg, Alexander, _d1946-
245	1	0	_aPhilosophy of science _h[Book] : _ba contemporary introduction / _cAlex Rosenberg.
250			_a3rd ed.
260			_aNew York : _bRoutledge, _c2012.
300			_axii, 308 p. : _bill. ; _c25 cm.
490	1		_aRoutledge contemporary introductions to philosophy.
520			_a"Any serious student attempting to better understand the nature, methods, and justification of science will value Alex Rosenberg's updated and substantially revised Third Edition of Philosophy of Science: A Contemporary Introduction. Weaving lucid explanations with clear analyses, the volume is as a much-used, thematically oriented introduction to the field. New features of the Third Edition include more coverage of the history of the philosophy of science, more fully developed material on the metaphysics of causal and physical necessity, more background on the contrast between empiricism and rationalism in science, and new material on the structure of theoretical science (with expanded coverage of Newtonian and Darwinian theories and models) and the realism/antirealism controversy. Rosenberg also divides the Third Edition into fourteen chapters, aligning each chapter with a week in a standard semester-long course. Updated Discussion Questions, Glossary, Bibliography and Suggested Readings lists at the end of each chapter will make the Third Edition indispensable, either as a comprehensive stand-alone text or alongside the many wide ranging collections of articles and book excerpts currently available. "-- _cProvided by publisher.
521			_aAll.
650		0	_aScience _xPhilosophy.
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