Theory and Reality: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Science (Science and Its Conceptual Foundations series)

Theory and Reality: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Science (Science and Its Conceptual Foundations series)

How does science work? Does it tell us what the world is "really" like? What makes it different from other ways of understanding the universe? In Theory and Reality , Peter Godfrey-Smith addresses the…

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