Making Prehistory : Historical Science and the Scientific Realism Debate

Name: Making Prehistory
Brand: Cambridge University Press
SKU: 9781107406384
Price: 7750 KES
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ISBN: 9781107406384

by Derek Turner

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Format Paperback / softback

Book Series Cambridge Studies in Philosophy and Biology

ISBN-10 1107406382

ISBN-13 9781107406384

Publisher Cambridge University Press

Imprint Cambridge University Press

Country of Manufacture GB

Country of Publication GB

Publication Date Aug 16th, 2012

Print length 238 Pages

Weight 330 grams

Dimensions 22.90 x 15.20 x 1.30 cms

Product Classification: Philosophy of science History of science

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Do scientists discover facts about the distant past or do they, in some sense, make prehistory? In this book, Derek Turner argues that this problem has surprising and important consequences for the scientific realism debate. His book will be of interest to philosophers and scientists alike.

Scientists often make surprising claims about things that no one can observe. In physics, chemistry, and molecular biology, scientists can at least experiment on those unobservable entities, but what about researchers in fields such as paleobiology and geology who study prehistory, where no such experimentation is possible? Do scientists discover facts about the distant past or do they, in some sense, make prehistory? In this book Derek Turner argues that this problem has surprising and important consequences for the scientific realism debate. His discussion covers some of the main positions in philosophy of science - realism, social constructivism, empiricism, and the natural ontological attitude - and shows how they relate to issues in paleobiology and geology. His original and thought-provoking book will be of wide interest to philosophers and scientists alike.

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