philosophy of science

English

Noun

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

1. (philosophy, uncountable) 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.
2. (philosophy, countable) A particular theory within the former.

Translations

study of the assumptions, foundations, and implications of science

• Catalan: filosofia de la ciència f
• Danish: videnskabsfilosofi c
• Dutch: wetenschapsfilosofie (nl) f
• Esperanto: filozofio de scienco
• Finnish: tieteenfilosofia (fi)
• French: philosophie des sciences f
• Galician: filosofía da ciencia f
• German: Wissenschaftstheorie (de) f
• Italian: filosofia della scienza f
• Japanese: 科学哲学 (かがくてつがく)
• Portuguese: filosofia da ciência f
• Spanish: filosofía de la ciencia f
• Turkish: bilim kuramı, bilim teorisi