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McCain, Kevin

The Nature of Scientific Knowledge : an Explanatory Approach / [electronic resource] by Kevin McCain - Cham, Switzerland : Springer, 2016 - 1 online resource (xiii, 277 pages).

Preface -- The Importance of Understanding the Nature of Scientific Knowledge -- Part I: General Features of Knowledge -- The Traditional Account of Knowledge -- Belief -- Truth -- Justification -- Evidence -- Basing a Belief on the Evidence -- A Problem for the Traditional Account of Knowledge -- Part II: Knowledge of Scientific Claims -- Explanation and Understanding -- From Explanation to Knowledge -- Part III: Challenges to Scientific Knowledge -- Skepticism about the External World -- Skepticism about Induction -- Empirical Evidence of Irrationality -- Anti-Realism about Science -- Part IV: Social Dimensions of Scientific Knowledge -- Gaining Scientific Knowledge from Others -- Knowledge in a Scientific Community -- Looking Back and Looking Forward

ISBN: 9783319334059 (E-book)

Subjects--Topical Terms:
PHILOSOPHY
KNOWLEDGE, THEORY OF
PHILOSOPHY AND SCIENCE

LC Class. No.: B 67 / M32N 2016