I want to read something about philosophy of science. What does

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Philosophy of scienc 2016-01-02 18:08:27 Post No. 7758143 [Report]

I want to read something about philosophy of science. What does /sci/ recommend me?. It would be my first book of philosophy of science.

>inb4 philosophy is useless

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Anonymous 2016-01-02 18:09:58 Post No.7758148
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>>7758143
Logic of Scientific Research by Karl Popper

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Anonymous 2016-01-02 18:12:56 Post No.7758154
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>>7758143
Serious question: What do you hope to learn from reading "philosophy of science"?

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Philosophy of scienc 2016-01-02 18:15:56 Post No.7758164
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>>7758154
Understand the principles, axioms and assumptions in which science is based.

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Anonymous 2016-01-02 18:19:54 Post No.7758176
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>>7758164
Read pic related. Congratulations, you now know how science works. You can thank me for saving you a lot of time.

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Anonymous 2016-01-02 18:21:01 Post No.7758177
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Ayn Rand's Introduction to Objectivist Epistemology

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Anonymous 2016-01-02 18:22:50 Post No.7758184
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>>7758154
What are philosophical principles behind triple integrals

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Anonymous 2016-01-02 18:23:23 Post No.7758186
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>>7758143
I recommend anything written by Sam Harris. He is the most intellectual philosopher of our time and also a great scientist (has a PhD in neuroscience).

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Anonymous 2016-01-03 00:24:53 Post No.7758900
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>>7758148
My first thought. Bravo!

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Anonymous 2016-01-03 00:26:59 Post No.7758904
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>>7758186
yes

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Anonymous 2016-01-03 00:28:55 Post No.7758911
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>>7758176
Add a new loop before publishing for "Did I get scooped?" and if so, start all over at the beginning again

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Anonymous 2016-01-03 00:29:58 Post No.7758915
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You may want to read about the philosophy of mathematics (Godel, Russel, Wittgenstein).

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Anonymous 2016-01-03 03:07:33 Post No.7759138
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>>7758143
Try Kuhn's 'Structure of Scientific Revolutions', though keep in mind that Kuhn is in no way a relativist

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Anonymous 2016-01-03 03:15:05 Post No.7759151
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>>7758143
http://4chan-science.wikia.com/wiki/Universal_Material#Engineering_Philosophy

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Anonymous 2016-01-03 06:01:47 Post No.7759376
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Try "The Meaning of it All" by Richard Feynman