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Scientific Knowledge and the Deep Past: History Matters: Elements in the Philosophy of Science

Autor Adrian Currie
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 14 aug 2019
Historical sciences like paleontology and archaeology have uncovered unimagined, remarkable and mysterious worlds in the deep past. How should we understand the success of these sciences? What is the relationship between knowledge and history? In Scientific Knowledge and the Deep Past: History Matters, Adrian Currie examines recent paleontological work on the great changes that occurred during the Cretaceous period - the emergence of flowering plants, the splitting of the mega-continent Gondwana, and the eventual fall of the dinosaurs - to analyse the knowledge of historical scientists, and to reflect upon the nature of history. He argues that distinctively historical processes are 'peculiar': they have the capacity to generate their own highly specific dynamics and rules. This peculiarity, Currie argues, also explains the historian's interest in narratives and stories: the contingency, complexity and peculiarity of the past demands a narrative treatment. Overall, Currie argues that history matters for knowledge.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781108730556
ISBN-10: 1108730558
Pagini: 75
Ilustrații: 1 b/w illus.
Dimensiuni: 153 x 230 x 6 mm
Greutate: 0.12 kg
Editura: Cambridge University Press
Colecția Cambridge University Press
Seria Elements in the Philosophy of Science

Locul publicării:Cambridge, United Kingdom

Cuprins

Introduction; 1. History and evidence; 2. The nature of the deep past; 3. Historical explanation; Concluding discussion – what are sciences of the deep past about?

Recenzii

'In this brief but insightful work, Currie makes a compelling case for the validity of historical science. Currie is noted for his 'optimistic' analysis of the possibilities of historical science … This intriguing book deserves to be widely read by those interested in the nature of historical science.' Bruce S. Bennett, Metascience

Descriere

A philosophical examination of the deep past, and how paleontologists, archaeologists and geologists tell its story.