philosophy of science

noun

The study of the assumptions, foundations, and implications of science, including such questions as what distinguishes science from non-science, what are the aims of science, or what is a successful scientific explanation of a phenomenon.

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Meanings

nounphilosophy of science (countable and uncountable, plural philosophies of science)

plural philosophies of science

  1. uncountablehuman sciencesThe study of the assumptions, foundations, and implications of science, including such questions as what distinguishes science from non-science, what are the aims of science, or what is a successful scientific explanation of a phenomenon.
  2. countablehuman sciencesA particular theory within the former.

Translations

Catalan filosofia de la ciència
  • filosofia de la ciènciastudy of the assumptions, foundations, and implications of science
Danish videnskabsfilosofi
  • videnskabsfilosofistudy of the assumptions, foundations, and implications of science
Dutch wetenschapsfilosofie
  • wetenschapsfilosofiestudy of the assumptions, foundations, and implications of science
Esperanto filozofio de scienco
  • filozofio de sciencostudy of the assumptions, foundations, and implications of science
Finnish tieteenfilosofia
  • tieteenfilosofiastudy of the assumptions, foundations, and implications of science
French philosophie des sciences
  • philosophie des sciencesstudy of the assumptions, foundations, and implications of science
German Wissenschaftstheorie
  • Wissenschaftstheoriestudy of the assumptions, foundations, and implications of science
Italian filosofia della scienza
  • filosofia della scienzastudy of the assumptions, foundations, and implications of science
Japanese 科学哲学
  • 科学哲学study of the assumptions, foundations, and implications of science
Portuguese filosofia da ciência
  • filosofia da ciênciastudy of the assumptions, foundations, and implications of science
Spanish filosofía de la ciencia
  • filosofía de la cienciastudy of the assumptions, foundations, and implications of science
Turkish bilim kuramı, bilim teorisi
  • bilim kuramıstudy of the assumptions, foundations, and implications of science
  • bilim teorisistudy of the assumptions, foundations, and implications of science
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APA

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Chicago

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