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A historical introduction to the philosophy of science /
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford [England] ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
[2001]
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| Edición: | Fourth edition. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Aristotle's philosophy of science
- The Pythagorean orientation
- The ideal of deductive systemization
- Atomism and the concept of underlying mechanism
- Affirmation and development of Aristotle's method in the medieval period
- The debate over saving the appearances
- The seventeenth0century attack on Aristotelian philosophy : Galileo ; Francis Bacon ; Descartes
- Newton's axiomatic method
- Analyses of the implications of the new science for a theory of scientific method : The cognitive status of scientific laws ; Theories of scientific procedure ; Structure of scientific theories
- Inductivism v. the hypothetico-deductive view of science
- Mathematical positivism and conventionalism
- Logical reconstructionist philosophy of science
- Orthodoxy under attack
- Theories of scientific progress
- Explanation, causation, and unification
- Confirmation, evidential support, and theory appraisal
- The justification of evaluative standards
- The debate over scientific realism
- Descriptive philosophies of science.