Overview
- Provides a masterful presentation of the empirical background for observation
- Offers an intimate access to Hanson’s famously engaging lectures and originality
- Presents Hanson’s most complete and clear treatment of observation
Part of the book series: Synthese Library (SYLI, volume 389)
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About this book
Norwood Russell Hanson was one of the most important philosophers of science of the post-war period. Hanson brought Wittgensteinian ordinary language philosophy to bear on the concepts of science, and his treatments of observation, discovery, and the theory-ladenness of scientific facts remain central to the philosophy of science. Additionally, Hanson was one of philosophy’s great personalities, and his sense of humor and charm come through fully in the pages of Perception and Discovery.
Perception and Discovery, originally published in 1969, is Hanson’s posthumous textbook in philosophy of science. The book focuses on the indispensable role philosophy plays in scientific thinking. Perception and Discovery features Hanson’s most complete and mature account of theory-laden observation, a discussion of conceptual and logical boundaries, and a detailed treatment of the epistemological features of scientific research and scientific reasoning. This book is of interest to scholars of philosophy of science, particularly those concerned with Hanson’s thought and the development of the discipline in the middle of the 20th century. However, even fifty years after Hanson’s early death, Perception and Discovery still has a great deal to offer all readers interested in science.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Perception and Discovery
Book Subtitle: An Introduction to Scientific Inquiry
Authors: Norwood Russell Hanson
Editors: Matthew D. Lund
Series Title: Synthese Library
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-69745-1
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Religion and Philosophy, Philosophy and Religion (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG, part of Springer Nature 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-69744-4Published: 11 June 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-09908-4Published: 22 December 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-69745-1Published: 29 May 2018
Series ISSN: 0166-6991
Series E-ISSN: 2542-8292
Edition Number: 2
Number of Pages: XXII, 339
Number of Illustrations: 83 b/w illustrations
Topics: Philosophy of Science