Scientific Philosophy

• Main Author: Romero, Gustavo E. (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: Physics.; Epistemology.; Mathematical logic.; Research-Moral and ethical aspects.; Quantum physics.; Astronomy.; Astrophysics.; History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics.; Mathematical Logic and Foundations.; Research Ethics.; Quantum Physics.; Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology.

This book presents the basics of philosophy that are necessary for the student and researcher in science in order to better understand scientific work. The approach is not historical but formative: tools for semantical analysis, ontology of science, epistemology, and scientific ethics are presented...

Table of Contents:

• Part I: Basic Scientific Philosophy
• 1 Introduction
• 2 Philosophical Semantics
• 3 Ontology
• 4 Epistemology
• 5 Ethics
• 6 Aesthetics
• Part II: Specific Topics
• 7 Mathematical Fictionalism
• 8 Philosophical Problems of Quantum Mechanics
• 9 Quantum Objects
• 10 Ontological Problems of Spacetime
• Appendices.