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The Blackwell guide to the philosophy of science / edited by Peter Machamer and Michael Silberstein.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Philosophy guidePublisher: Oxford : Blackwell, 2002Description: 400p. ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 0631221085(pbk.) :
  • 0631221077
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 501
Contents:
1. A Brief Historical Introduction to the Philosophy of Science / Peter Machamer -- 2. Philosophy of Science: Classic Debates, Standard Problems, Future Prospects / John Worrall -- 3. Explanation / Jim Woodward -- 4. Structures of Scientific Theories / Carl F. Craver -- 5. Reduction, Emergence and Explanation / Michael Silberstein -- 6. Models, Metaphors and Analogies / Daniela M. Bailer-Jones -- 7. Experiment and Observation / James Bogen -- 8. Induction and Probability / Alan Hajek and Ned Hall -- 9. Philosophy of Space-Time Physics / Craig Callender and Carl Hoefer -- 10. Interpreting Quantum Theories / Laura Ruetsche -- 11. Evolution / Roberta L. Millstein -- 12. Molecular and Developmental Biology / Paul Griffiths -- 13. Cognitive Science / Rick Grush -- 14. Social Sciences / Harold Kincaid -- 15. Feminist Philosophy of Science / Lynn Hankinson Nelson.
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1. A Brief Historical Introduction to the Philosophy of Science / Peter Machamer -- 2. Philosophy of Science: Classic Debates, Standard Problems, Future Prospects / John Worrall -- 3. Explanation / Jim Woodward -- 4. Structures of Scientific Theories / Carl F. Craver -- 5. Reduction, Emergence and Explanation / Michael Silberstein -- 6. Models, Metaphors and Analogies / Daniela M. Bailer-Jones -- 7. Experiment and Observation / James Bogen -- 8. Induction and Probability / Alan Hajek and Ned Hall -- 9. Philosophy of Space-Time Physics / Craig Callender and Carl Hoefer -- 10. Interpreting Quantum Theories / Laura Ruetsche -- 11. Evolution / Roberta L. Millstein -- 12. Molecular and Developmental Biology / Paul Griffiths -- 13. Cognitive Science / Rick Grush -- 14. Social Sciences / Harold Kincaid -- 15. Feminist Philosophy of Science / Lynn Hankinson Nelson.

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