Philosophy of science: the project -- Non-Cartesian epistemology and scientific objectivity -- Non-Euclidean mathematics and the rationality of science -- Non-Baconian science and conceptual change -- The epistemology of revolutions -- between realism and instrumentalism.
Rare Books copy: From the library of Michael Dummett.
Note
Rare Books copy: Author's presentation inscription on front flyleaf: "To Michael Dummett, from whom I have learned so much (although perhaps not always what he was trying to teach), Mary Tiles."
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-236) and index.
Source of Acquisition
Rare Books copy: Purchased with funds from the Hastings Libraries Endowment; 2014. Rare Books copy: Purchased from Ruddi Thoemmes Rare Books; 2014.
Related Materials
Ann Dummett papers, 1966-2012, bulk 1976-2012 (09466) housed at Pennsylvania State University Libraries' Eberly Family Special Collections Library. https://arks.libraries.psu.edu/ark:/42409/fa8ps6z Michael Dummett papers, 1956-2012, bulk 1982-2006 (09526) housed at Pennsylvania State University Libraries' Eberly Family Special Collections Library. https://arks.libraries.psu.edu/ark:/42409/fa8gd1n
