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• Kevin McCain⁰

1. Kevin McCain

   1. Univ of Alabama at Birmingham, Department of Philosophy, Birmingham, USA
      

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This book offers a comprehensive and accessible introduction to the epistemology of science. It not only introduces readers to the general epistemological discussion of the nature of knowledge, but also provides key insights into the particular nuances of scientific knowledge. No prior knowledge of philosophy or science is assumed byThe Nature of Scientific Knowledge. Nevertheless, the reader is taken on a journey through several core concepts of epistemology and philosophy of science that not only explores the characteristics of the scientific knowledge of individuals but also the way that the development of scientific knowledge is a particularly social endeavor. The topics covered in this book are of keen interest to students of epistemology and philosophy of science as well as science educators interested in the nature of scientific knowledge.  In fact, as a result of its clear and engaging approach to understanding scientific knowledgeThe Nature of Scientific Knowledge is a book that anyone interested in scientific knowledge, knowledge in general, and any of a myriad of related concepts would be well advised to study closely.  

• Univ of Alabama at Birmingham, Department of Philosophy, Birmingham, USA

  Kevin McCain

Kevin McCain is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the University of Alabama at Birmingham.  His research focuses on issues in epistemology and philosophy of science—particularly where these areas intersect. In addition to numerous journal articles, he has published a research monograph on the nature of epistemic justification,Evidentialism and Epistemic Justification.  He is also currently co-editing (with Ted Poston) a volume on inference to the best explanation and a volume on philosophical skepticism.

• Epistemology of science
• Knowledge in the sciences
• NOS
• Nature of Science
• Nature of scientific knowledge
• Research in the epistomology of science
• Science education
• Scientific community
• Scientific evidence
• Scientific explanation
• Scientific realism
• Social epistemology of science
• Traditional epistemology
• science learning
• scientific explanation
• scientific evidence
• understanding

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