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PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE A Very Short Introduction by Samir Okasha Chapter 2 Scientific reasoning Scientists often tell us things about the world that we would not otherwise have believed. For example, biologists tell us that we are closely related to chimpanzees, geologists tell us that Africa and South America used to be.
Samir Okasha's Philosophy of Science is particularly relevent to the 'hypothesis' and 'conclusion' elements of the scientific method.
How do we know? This book introduces important themes in ethics, knowledge, and the self, via readings from Plato, Hume, Descartes, Hegel, Darwin, and Buddhist writers. It emphasizes throughout the point of doing philosophy, explains how different areas of philosophy are related, and explores the contexts in which philosophy was and is done.
Samir Okasha, Philosophy of Science: A Very Short Introduction (Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, 2002) Chapter 1. What is Science? First comes a quick survey of the history of science from Copernicus to Watson and Crick. “The principal task of philosophy of science is to analyse the methods of enquiry used in the various sciences.”.
This Very Short Introduction provides a concise overview of the main themes of contemporary philosophy of science. Beginning with a short history of science to set the scene, Samir Okasha goes on to investigate the nature of scientific reasoning, scientific explanation, revolutions in science, and theories such as realism and anti-realism.
My Teaching Philosophy I believe that education extends far beyond the classroom walls, and involves many more people than students and teachers. People should be learning wherever they go, and should continue learning long after they’ve graduated from high school or college. Education isn’t.