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Conceptual change and the philosophy of science : alternative interpretations of the a priori /
In this book, David Stump traces alternative conceptions of the a priori in the philosophy of science and defends a unique position in the current debates over conceptual change and the constitutive elements in science. Stump emphasizes the unique epistemological status of the constitutive elements...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London [England] ; New York, New York :
Routledge,
2015.
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| Colección: | Routledge studies in the philosophy of science ;
16. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Figures; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction: Theories of the Constitutive Elements in Science; 2 Reinventing Geometry as a Formal Science; 3 Poincaré's Conventionalisms; 4 The Logical Empiricist or Positivist Engagement with A Priori Knowledge: Schlick, Reichenbach, Carnap, and Ayer; 5 Alternative Conceptions of the A Priori: Cassirer, Lewis, and Pap; 6 The Status of Newton's Laws; 7 Conceptual Change and the Constitutive Elements of Science: Kuhn, Friedman, and Hacking; 8 On the Role of Mathematics in Physical Theory.