The Comprehensibility of the Universe: A New Conception of Science

ISBN-13: 9780198237761 / Angielski / Twarda / 1999 / 336 str.

Nicholas Maxwell

Opis

This book puts forth a radically new conception of science. Maxwell argues that the prevailing view of the relation between scientific theory and evidence is untenable; he calls for a new orthodoxy that sees science as making a hierarchy of assumptions about the comprehensibility of the universe. This new conception has significant implications for both philosophy and science, promises to heal the rift between the two, and will be essential reading for people working in both fields.

Recenzje

This admirably ambitious book contains more thought-provoking material than can even be mentioned here. Maxwell's treatment of the descriptive problem of simplicity, and his novel proposals about quantum mechanics deserve special note.

O autorze

Nicholas Maxwell is Emeritus Reader in Philosophy of Science at the University of London.