The Comprehensibility of the Universe: A New Conception of Science (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780198237761)

This book puts forth a radically new conception of science. Maxwell argues that the prevailing view of the relation between scientific theory and evidence is untenable; he calls for a new orthodoxy that 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, promises to heal the rift between the two, and will be essential reading for people working in both fields.

Author: Nicholas Maxwell
ISBN-10: 0198237766
ISBN-13: 9780198237761
Publisher: Clarendon Press
Language: English
Published: 02/04/1999
Pages: 332
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.40lbs
Size: 9.50h x 6.39w x 0.97d