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ISBN: 9780199278237 - Scientific Representation Scientific Representation
Bas C van Fraassen

ISBN10: 0199278237  ISBN13: 9780199278237
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 22 Jul 2010
Bas C. van Fraassen presents an original exploration of how we represent the world. He investigates the nature of representation in both science and art; he defends a distinctive position in contemporary philosophy of science; and he illuminates... More

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ISBN: 9780198244271 - The Scientific Image The Scientific Image
Bas C van Fraassen

ISBN10: 0198244274  ISBN13: 9780198244271
Publisher: Oxford University Press Clarendon Press
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 11 Dec 1980
In this book van Fraassen develops an alternative to scientific realism by constructing and evaluating three mutually reinforcing theories. In this book van Fraassen develops an alternative to scientific realism by constructing and evaluating... More

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ISBN: 9780198248606 - Laws and Symmetry Laws and Symmetry
Bas C van Fraassen

ISBN10: 0198248601  ISBN13: 9780198248606
Publisher: Oxford University Press Clarendon Press
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 02 Nov 1989
Metaphysicians speak of laws of nature in terms of necessity and universality; scientists, in terms of symmetry and invariance. In this book van Fraassen argues that no metaphysical account of laws can succeed. He analyzes and rejects the... More

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ISBN: 9780300103069 - The Empirical Stance The Empirical Stance
Bas C van Fraassen

ISBN10: 0300103069  ISBN13: 9780300103069
Publisher: Yale University Press
Edition: New edition
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 01 Mar 2004
What is empiricism and what could it be? Bas C. van Fraassen, one of the world's foremost contributors to philosophical logic and the philosophy of science, here undertakes a fresh consideration of these questions and offers a program for renewal... More

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ISBN: 9780199278220 - Scientific Representation Scientific Representation
Bas C van Fraassen

ISBN10: 0199278229  ISBN13: 9780199278220
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 14 Aug 2008
Bas C. van Fraassen presents an original exploration of how we represent the world. Science represents natural phenomena by means of theories, as well as in many concrete ways by such means as pictures, graphs, table-top models, and computer... More

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ISBN: 9780198239802 - Quantum Mechanics Quantum Mechanics
Bas C van Fraassen

ISBN10: 0198239807  ISBN13: 9780198239802
Publisher: Oxford University Press Clarendon Press
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 26 Sep 1991
After introducing the empiricist point of view in philosophy of science, and the concepts and methods of the semantic approach to scientific theories, van Fraassen discusses quantum theory in three stages. He first examines the question of whether... More

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ISBN: 9780198248613 - Quantum Mechanics Quantum Mechanics
Bas C van Fraassen

ISBN10: 019824861X  ISBN13: 9780198248613
Publisher: Oxford University Press Clarendon Press
Edition: illustrated edition
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 26 Sep 1991
After introducing the empiricist point of view in philosophy of science, and the concepts and methods of the semantic approach to scientific theories, Professor van Fraassen discusses quantum theory in three stages. After introducing the... More

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ISBN: 9780199259878 - Possibilities and Paradox Possibilities and Paradox
J C Beall, Bas C van Fraassen

ISBN10: 0199259879  ISBN13: 9780199259878
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 27 Feb 2003
Possibilities and Paradox is an accessible introduction to modal and many-valued logic. The book gives a clear and approachable structure to the basic formal frameworks, with reference to a range of philosophical issues.Based on extensive... More

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ISBN: 9780792344056 - Topics in the Foundation of Statistics Topics in the Foundation of Statistics
Van Fraassen, Bas C Bas C Van Fraassen

ISBN10: 0792344057  ISBN13: 9780792344056
Publisher: Kluwer Academic Publishers
Edition: Reprinted from FOUNDATIONS OF SCIENCE, 1:1
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 01 Feb 1997
Foundational research focuses on the theory, but theories are to be related also to other theories, experiments, facts in their domains, data, and to their uses in applications, whether of prediction, control, or explanation. A theory is to be... More

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ISBN: 9789048147922 - Topics in the Foundation of Statistics Topics in the Foundation of Statistics
Bas C Van Fraassen

ISBN10: 9048147921  ISBN13: 9789048147922
Publisher: Springer
Edition: 1st ed. Softcover of orig. ed. 1997
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 01 Dec 2010
Foundational research focuses on the theory, but theories are to be related also to other theories, experiments, facts in their domains, data, and to their uses in applications, whether of prediction, control, or explanation. A theory is to be... More