1st Edition
Conceptions of Inquiry
352 Pages
by
Routledge
350 Pages
by
Routledge
352 Pages
by
Routledge
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A number of significant contributions have been made, both to specific intellectual disciplines and on the broader philosophical front. by researches into the nature of inquiry. The papers in this collection illustrate a number of such areas of debate in mathematics. natural science. social studies and history. allowing an appraisal of their importance in their own context as well as comparisons... Read more
Introduction PART ONE: CONCEPTIONS OF MATHEMATICS 1 Mathematical inquiry 2 Mathematics and the world PART TWO: CONCEPTIONS OF SCIENCE 3 Method and discovery 4 Science and pseudo-science 5 Progress and revolution in science PART THREE: CONCEPTIONS OF SOCIAL INQUIRY 6 A science of human behaviour? 7 Understanding and explaining human action PART FOUR: CONCEPTIONS OF INQUIRY 8 Forms of inquiry 9 Objectivity 10 Values and inquiry
Biography
Stuart Brown, John Fauvel, Ruth Finnegan, Open University
