书目名称 | Feyerabend’s Epistemological Anarchism |
副标题 | How Science Works an |
编辑 | Mansoor Niaz |
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概述 | Makes clear that scientists can accept a hypothesis despite empirical evidence to the contrary.Proves that history of science needs to become an inseparable part of the science itself.Illustrates how |
丛书名称 | Contemporary Trends and Issues in Science Education |
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描述 | .This book argues that the traditional image of Feyerabend is erroneous and that, contrary to common belief, he was a great admirer of science. It shows how Feyerabend presented a vision of science that represented how science really works. Besides giving a theoretical framework based on Feyerabend´s philosophy of science, the book offers criteria that can help readers to evaluate and understand research reported in important international science education journals, with respect to Feyerabend’s epistemological anarchism. The book includes an evaluation of general chemistry and physics textbooks...Most science curricula and textbooks provide the following advice to students: Do not allow theories in contradiction with observations, and all scientific theories must be formulated inductively based on experimental facts. Feyerabend questioned this widely prevalent premise of science education in most parts of the world, and in contrast gave the following advice: Scientistscan accept a hypothesis despite experimental evidence to the contrary and scientific theories are not always consistent with all the experimental data. No wonder Feyerabend became a controversial philosopher and was |
出版日期 | Book 2020 |
关键词 | Feyerabend’s epistemological anarchism; History of science; Epistemology of science; Philosophy of scie |
版次 | 1 |
doi | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-36859-3 |
isbn_softcover | 978-3-030-36861-6 |
isbn_ebook | 978-3-030-36859-3Series ISSN 1878-0482 Series E-ISSN 1878-0784 |
issn_series | 1878-0482 |
copyright | The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerl |