{"product_id":"evidence-explanation-and-realism-essays-in-philosophy-of-science-9780199735259","title":"Evidence, Explanation, and Realism: Essays in Philosophy of Science","description":"The essays in this volume address three fundamental questions in the philosophy of science: What is required for some fact to be evidence for a scientific hypothesis? What does it mean to say that a scientist or a theory explains a phenomenon? Should scientific theories that postulate\u003cbr\u003eunobservable entities such as electrons be construed realistically as aiming to correctly describe a world underlying what is directly observable, or should such theories be understood as aiming to correctly describe only the observable world? \u003cbr\u003eDistinguished philosopher of science Peter Achinstein provides answers to each of these questions in essays written over a period of more than 40 years. The present volume brings together his important previously published essays, allowing the reader to confront some of the most basic and\u003cbr\u003echallenging issues in the philosophy of science, and to consider Achinstein's many influential contributions to the solution of these issues.\u003cbr\u003e He presents a theory of evidence that relates this concept to probability and explanation; a theory of explanation that relates this concept to an explaining act as well as to the different ways in which explanations are to be evaluated; and an empirical defense of scientific realism that invokes\u003cbr\u003eboth the concept of evidence and that of explanation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Peter Achinstein\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/28\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 344\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.30w x 1.40d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780199735259\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePeter Achinstein\u003c\/strong\u003e is Jay and Jeanie Schottenstein University Professor of Philosophy at Yeshiva University, and Professor of Philosophy at Johns Hopkins University. He is the author of \u003cem\u003eConcepts of Science; Law and Explanation; The Nature of Explanation; Particles and Waves \u003c\/em\u003e(1993 Lakatos Award winner);\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eThe Book of Evidence.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press, USA","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":39937645510771,"sku":"9.7802E+12","price":75.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_28f2aced-e3ac-4b24-b85f-fbbd8d6e4b2b.jpg?v=1647994811","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/evidence-explanation-and-realism-essays-in-philosophy-of-science-9780199735259","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}