The Philosophy of Science

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The more than 40 readings in this anthology cover the most important developments of the past six decades, charting the rise and decline of logical positivism ...

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0262521563   9780262521567   0262023156

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10.1016/j.ejcts.2011.05.054

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Logical Foundations of the Unity of Science.Rudolf Carnap
Reductionism.Alan Garfinkel
Richard Boyd.Some Basic Notions
The pragmatics of explanation.Philip Kitcher
On the nature and norms of theoretical commitment.  (pages 1-14)Paul Horwich
Confirmation, semantics, and the interpretation of scientific theories.  (pages 3--35)Richard Boyd
Individualism and semantic development.  (pages 15-35)Sarah Patterson
Empiricism, Semantics and Ontology.  (pages 20-40)Rudolf Carnap
What is the logical form of probability assignment in quantum mechanics?  (pages 36-60)John F. Halpin
The operational character of scientific concepts.  (pages 57--70)Percy Bridgman
Critical notice: Philip Kitcher and Wesley C. salmon,(eds.), Scientific explanation; and Wesley C. salmon, four decades of scientific explanation* James H. fetzert. [REVIEW]  (pages 58--288)Philip Kitcher
Leplin on essentialism-discussion.  (pages 58--4)Dudley Shapere
Philosophy of Science Association.  (pages 58--4)David K. Henderson
Philosophy of Science Association.  (pages 58--4)Deborah G. Mayo
Philosophy of Science Association.  (pages 58--2)Justin Schwartz
Scientific explanation-4 decades of scientific explanation-critical notice.  (pages 58--2)Jh Fetzer
Species, higher taxa, and the units of evolution.  (pages 58)In T. Schopf
The method to meaning-a reply to Leplin-discussion.  (pages 58--4)Nancy J. Nersessian
Husserl's philosophy of science and the semantic approach.  (pages 61-83)Thomas Mormann
Species, higher taxa, and the units of evolution.  (pages 84-101)Marc Ereshefsky
Selections from The Logic of Scientific Discovery Karl Popper.  (pages 99)Karl Popper
Embedding and uniqueness in relationist theories.  (pages 102-124)Brent Mundy
The `corroboration' of theories.  (pages 121--137)Hillary Putnam
A reply to Mayo's criticisms of Urbach's "randomization and the design of experiments".  (pages 125-128)Peter Urbach
On relativity theory and openness of the future.  (pages 147-167)Howard Stein
Natural Kinds.  (pages 159--170)W. V. O. Quine
Functions as Selected Effects: The Conceptual Analyst’s Defense.  (pages 168-184)Karen Neander
Realism about what?  (pages 185-202)Roger Jones
On the current status of scientific realism.  (pages 195-222)Richard Boyd
Reduction, elimination, and the mental.  (pages 203-20)Schwartz Justin
Concept attribution in nonhuman animals: Theoretical and methodological problems in ascribing complex mental processes.  (pages 221-240)Colin Allen & Marc D. Hauser
Randomness and probability in dynamical theories: On the proposals of the Prigogine school.  (pages 241-263)Robert W. Batterman
Did Kuhn kill logical empiricism?  (pages 264-277)George A. Reisch
On saving the phenomena and the mice: A reply to Bourgeois concerning Van Fraassen's image of science.  (pages 278-287)Jeff Foss
Causation and explanation.  (pages 289--297)Philip Gasper
Quantum theory and explanatory discourse: Endgame for understanding?  (pages 337-358)James T. Cushing
Observations, explanatory power, and simplicity: Toward a non-Humean account.  (pages 349--377)Richard Boyd
Lüders's rule as a description of individual state transformations.  (pages 359-376)Sergio Martinez
Einstein and EPR.  (pages 377-397)Robert Deltete & Reed Guy
Section III: reductionism and the unity of science.  (pages 387)J. D. Trout
Temporally asymmetric inference in a Markov process.  (pages 398-410)Elliott Sober
The new theory of reference entails absolute time and space.  (pages 411-416)Quentin Smith
The units of selection and the bases of selection.  (pages 417-435)David Walton
Special Sciences Jerry Fodor.  (pages 429)Jerry Fodor
On the notion of evolutionary progress.  (pages 436-451)Kai Hahlweg
A case for "qualitative confirmation" for the social and behavioral sciences.  (pages 452-467)Steven I. Miller & Marcel Fredericks
Section 1 The Philosophy of Physics JD Trout.  (pages 463)J. D. Trout
Realism, empiricism and scientific revolutions.  (pages 468-485)Patrick Enfield
Criteria of rationality and the problem of logical sloth.  (pages 486-490)Andre Kukla
Goldstick and O’Neill on" Truer than".  (pages 491-495)Ilkka Niiniluoto
The neurobiology of observation.  (pages 496-502)Daniel Gilman
Explanatory unification.  (pages 507-531)Philip Kitcher
Novel evidence and severe tests.  (pages 523-552)Deborah G. Mayo
Tempered realism about the force of selection.  (pages 553-573)C. Kenneth Waters
Maher, mendeleev and bayesianism.  (pages 574-585)Colin Howson & Allan Franklin
On the testability of psychological generalizations (psychological testability).  (pages 586-606)David K. Henderson
The politics of postmodern philosophy of science.  (pages 607-627)Joseph Rouse
To save the phenomena.  (pages 623-632)Bas C. Van Fraassen
Bell's inequalities, relativistic quantum field theory and the problem of hidden variables.  (pages 628-638)Miklós Rédei
Some critical remarks concerning Prigogine's conception of temporal irreversibility.  (pages 639-654)Guido Verstraeten
Leplin on essentialism.  (pages 655-677)Dudley Shapere
Narrow Taxonomy and Wide Functionalism.  (pages 671--85)Patricia Kitcher
The method to "meaning": A reply to Leplin.  (pages 678-686)Nancy J. Nersessian
Contrastive explanation and causal triangulation.  (pages 687-697)Peter Lipton

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