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This second edition of the successful textbook Philosophy of Science for Scientists offers an introduction to the philosophy of science. This new edition contains updated references and expanded discussions on seven important topics: knowledge, use of statistics in hypothesis testing, hermeneutics, causation, explanations of actions, models, and mental causation. It helps undergraduate students from the natural, the human and social sciences to gain an understanding of what science is, how it has developed, what its core traits are, how to distinguish between science and pseudo-science and to discover what a scientific attitude is. It argues against the common assumption that there is fundamental difference between natural and human science, with natural science being concerned with testing hypotheses and discovering natural laws, and the aim of human and some social sciences being to understand the meanings of individual and social group actions. Instead examines the similarities between the sciences and shows how the testing of hypotheses and doing interpretation/hermeneutics are similar activities. The book makes clear that lessons from natural scientists are relevant to students and scholars within the social and human sciences, and vice versa. It teaches its readers how to effectively demarcate between science and pseudo-science and sets criteria for true scientific thinking.
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這本成功的教科書《科學哲學：為科學家而寫》的第二版提供了科學哲學的介紹。這個新版本包含了更新的參考資料和對七個重要主題的擴展討論：知識、在假設檢驗中使用統計、詮釋學、因果關係、行為解釋、模型和心理因果關係。它幫助自然科學、人文科學和社會科學的本科生理解科學是什麼、它是如何發展的、其核心特徵是什麼、如何區分科學與偽科學，以及發現什麼是科學態度。它反駁了自然科學與人文科學之間存在根本差異的常見假設，認為自然科學關注於檢驗假設和發現自然法則，而人文科學和某些社會科學的目標則是理解個體和社會群體行為的意義。相反，它檢視了科學之間的相似性，並展示了假設檢驗和詮釋/詮釋學是相似的活動。這本書明確指出，自然科學家的教訓對社會科學和人文科學的學生和學者是相關的，反之亦然。它教導讀者如何有效地區分科學與偽科學，並為真正的科學思維設定標準。
作者簡介
Lars-Göran Johansson holds a B.Sc. (mathematics and physics) from University of Gothenburg and a Ph.D in theoretical philosophy from Stockholm University. He is author of three books: Introduktion till vetenskapsteorin, Interpreting Quantum Mechanics. A Realist View in Schrödinger's Vein and (together with Pauliina Remes, George Masterton and Tomas Ekenberg) Kunskapsteori. En introduktion till vetande, berättigande och sanning. He has also published papers and book chapters on laws of nature, induction, causation, probability and time. Since 2008 he is professor in theoretical philosophy at Uppsala University.
作者簡介(中文翻譯)
Lars-Göran Johansson 擁有哥德堡大學的數學與物理學學士學位，以及斯德哥爾摩大學的理論哲學博士學位。他是三本書的作者：科學理論導論 (Introduktion till vetenskapsteorin)、量子力學的詮釋：施羅丁格的現實主義觀點 (Interpreting Quantum Mechanics. A Realist View in Schrödinger's Vein)，以及（與 Pauliina Remes、George Masterton 和 Tomas Ekenberg 共同編著的）知識理論：認識、正當性與真理的導論 (Kunskapsteori. En introduktion till vetande, berättigande och sanning)。他還發表了有關自然法則、歸納法、因果關係、概率和時間的論文和書籍章節。自 2008 年以來，他擔任烏普薩拉大學的理論哲學教授。
