Returning to scientific practice a new reflection on philosophy of science / Zhu Xu, Tong Wu.

Author/creator Xu, Zhu, 1983-
Other author Wu, Tong, 1954-
Format Electronic
Publication InfoAbingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2019.
Description1 online resource.
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Uniform titleF©£ gui ke xu©♭ sh©Ư ji©�n. English
SeriesChina perspectives
Contents Introduction : towards philosophy of scientific practice -- The origin of the concept of practice -- Scientific practice: significance, types and scopes -- The nature of scientific practice -- The nature of knowledge : the local knowledge -- Knowledge and power -- The contextual normativity of scientific practice -- Philosophy of scientific practice and naturalism (I) -- Philosophy of scientific practices and naturalism (II) -- Philosophy of scientific practice and relativism -- Partner of philosophy of scientific practice : philosophy of scientific experimentation -- New empiricism : close relative of philosophy of scientific practice -- The starting point of scientific research: opportunity, question, or observation? -- New solution for the old problem : the relationship among observation, experiment and theory -- New studies on replicability of scientific experiment -- Local knowledge (I) : traditional chinese medicine (TCM) -- Local knowledge (II) : chinese theory of fengshui -- Local knowledge (III) : ethnobotany -- Conclusion : scientific practice in ongoing and unlimited process.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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Issued in other formPrint version: Xu, Zhu, 1983- author. Returning to scientific practice Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2019 9781138846975
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2018049457
ISBN9781315727110 (ebook)

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