The Comprehensibility of the Universe A New Conception of Science |
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| Author:
| Maxwell, Nicholas |
| ISBN: | 978-0-19-926155-0 |
| Publication Date: | Feb 2003 |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | AUD $100.95AUD $91.77 |
Book Description:
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The Comprehensibility of the Universe puts forward a radically new conception of science. Nicholas Maxwell argues that the prevailing view of the relation between scientific theory and evidence is untenable; he calls for a new orthodoxy which sees science as making a hierarchy of assumptions about the comprehensibility of the universe. This new conception has significant implications for both philosophy and science, and promises to heal the rift between the two.
The Comprehensibility of the Universe puts forward a radically new conception of science. Nicholas Maxwell argues that the prevailing view of the relation between scientific theory and evidence is untenable; he calls for a new orthodoxy which sees science as making a hierarchy of assumptions about the comprehensibility of the universe. This new conception has significant implications for both philosophy and science, and promises to heal the rift between the two.