Philosophy of science : an anthology /
Philosophy of science : an anthology /
edited by Marc Lange.
- xiv, 649 p.
- Blackwell philosophy anthologies ; 25 .
- Blackwell philosophy anthologies ; 25. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Empiricist criteria of cognitive significance : problems and changes / Studies in the logic of confirmation / Confirmation and relevance / The new riddle of induction / Explanations, tests, unity, and necessity / Rationality and objectivity in science (or : Tom Kuhn meets Tom Bayes) / Let's Razor Ockham's Razor / Foundational physics and empiricist critique / Darwin's achievement / Objectivity, value judgment, and theory choice / The theoretician's dilemma / Phenomenalism / The language of theories / Arguments concerning scientific realism / To save the phenomena / Empirical equivalence and underdetermination / Structural realism : the best of both worlds? / Extragalactic reality : the case of gravitational lensing / Laws and their role in scientific explanation / The laws of nature / Humean supervenience / Laws of nature / The evolutionary contingency thesis / Who's afraid of Ceteris-Paribus laws? : (or : how I learned to stop worrying and love them) / A tradition of natural kinds / Evolution, population thinking, and essentialism / Homeostasis, species, and higher taxa / Some puzzles about species / Special sciences (or : the disunity of science as a working hypothesis) / Causation and recipes / Causation as influence / Causation and the flow of energy / Probabilistic causality / Causal laws and effective strategies / The propensity interpretation of fitness / A subjectivist's guide to objective chance / On Einstein-Minkowski space-time / What price spacetime substantivalism? : the hole story / The genidentity of quantum particles / Is the moon there when nobody looks? : reality and the quantum theory / Part and whole in quantum mechanics / Carl G. Hempel -- Carl G. Hempel -- Wesley C. Salmon -- Nelson Goodman -- Clark Glymour -- Wesley C. Salmon -- Elliott Sober -- Lawrence Sklar -- Philip Kitcher -- Thomas S. Kuhn -- Carl G. Hempel -- Wilfrid F. Sellars -- Wilfrid F. Sellars -- Bas C. Van Fraassen -- Bas C. Van Fraassen -- Larry Laudan and Jarrett Leplin -- John Worrall -- Ian Hacking -- Carl G. Hempel -- David Lewis -- David Lewis -- Fred I. Dretske -- John Beatty -- Marc Lange -- Ian Hacking -- Elliott Sober -- Richard Boyd -- Philip Kitcher -- Jerry A. Fodor -- Douglas Gasking -- David Lewis -- David Fair -- Wesley C. Salmon -- Nancy Cartwright -- Susan K. Mills and John Beatty -- David Lewis -- Howard Stein -- John Earman and John Norton -- Hans Reichenbach -- N. David Mermin -- Tim Maudlin. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12 (a). 12 (b). 13 (a). 13 (b). 14. 15. 16. 17. 18 (a). 18 (b). 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. 37. 38.
1405130334 (acidfree paper) 1405130342 (pbk. : acid-free paper)
2006006921
Science--Philosophy.
Science--Methodology
Empiricism.
Realism
Causation
Q175 / .P5123 2006
501
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Empiricist criteria of cognitive significance : problems and changes / Studies in the logic of confirmation / Confirmation and relevance / The new riddle of induction / Explanations, tests, unity, and necessity / Rationality and objectivity in science (or : Tom Kuhn meets Tom Bayes) / Let's Razor Ockham's Razor / Foundational physics and empiricist critique / Darwin's achievement / Objectivity, value judgment, and theory choice / The theoretician's dilemma / Phenomenalism / The language of theories / Arguments concerning scientific realism / To save the phenomena / Empirical equivalence and underdetermination / Structural realism : the best of both worlds? / Extragalactic reality : the case of gravitational lensing / Laws and their role in scientific explanation / The laws of nature / Humean supervenience / Laws of nature / The evolutionary contingency thesis / Who's afraid of Ceteris-Paribus laws? : (or : how I learned to stop worrying and love them) / A tradition of natural kinds / Evolution, population thinking, and essentialism / Homeostasis, species, and higher taxa / Some puzzles about species / Special sciences (or : the disunity of science as a working hypothesis) / Causation and recipes / Causation as influence / Causation and the flow of energy / Probabilistic causality / Causal laws and effective strategies / The propensity interpretation of fitness / A subjectivist's guide to objective chance / On Einstein-Minkowski space-time / What price spacetime substantivalism? : the hole story / The genidentity of quantum particles / Is the moon there when nobody looks? : reality and the quantum theory / Part and whole in quantum mechanics / Carl G. Hempel -- Carl G. Hempel -- Wesley C. Salmon -- Nelson Goodman -- Clark Glymour -- Wesley C. Salmon -- Elliott Sober -- Lawrence Sklar -- Philip Kitcher -- Thomas S. Kuhn -- Carl G. Hempel -- Wilfrid F. Sellars -- Wilfrid F. Sellars -- Bas C. Van Fraassen -- Bas C. Van Fraassen -- Larry Laudan and Jarrett Leplin -- John Worrall -- Ian Hacking -- Carl G. Hempel -- David Lewis -- David Lewis -- Fred I. Dretske -- John Beatty -- Marc Lange -- Ian Hacking -- Elliott Sober -- Richard Boyd -- Philip Kitcher -- Jerry A. Fodor -- Douglas Gasking -- David Lewis -- David Fair -- Wesley C. Salmon -- Nancy Cartwright -- Susan K. Mills and John Beatty -- David Lewis -- Howard Stein -- John Earman and John Norton -- Hans Reichenbach -- N. David Mermin -- Tim Maudlin. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12 (a). 12 (b). 13 (a). 13 (b). 14. 15. 16. 17. 18 (a). 18 (b). 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. 37. 38.
1405130334 (acidfree paper) 1405130342 (pbk. : acid-free paper)
2006006921
Science--Philosophy.
Science--Methodology
Empiricism.
Realism
Causation
Q175 / .P5123 2006
501