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The Modeling of Nature
Philosophy of Science and Philosophy of Nature in Synthesis
by William A. Wallace
ISBN: 0813208602
ISBN-13: 9780813208602
Format: Paperback
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Bibliographic Details
Publisher: Catholic Univ of Amer Pr
Published date: 1997
Size: 6.25 x 9.25 inches
Weight: 1.65 pounds
Publisher's Notes
Through an ingenious use of iconic and epistemic models, Wallace guides the reader through the fundamentals of natural philosophy. He then makes judicious use of cognitive science to provide a model of the human mind that illuminates not only the philosophy of nature but also the logic, psychology, and epistemology that are prerequisite to it.
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