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The philosophy of Carl G. Hempel : studies in science, explanation, and rationality /
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| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2001.
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| Colección: | OUP E-Books.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Machine generated contents note: pt. I Cognitive Significance
- 1. On the Nature of Mathematical Truth
- 2. Geometry and Empirical Science
- 3. Recent Problems of Induction
- 4. On the Structure of Scientific Theories
- pt. II Explanation and Prediction
- 5. Explanation and Prediction by Covering Laws
- 6. Deductive-Nomological versus Statistical Explanation
- 7. Maximal Specificity and Lawlikeness in Probabilistic Explanation
- 8. Postscript 1976: More Recent Ideas on the problem of Statistical Explanation
- pt. III Scientific Theories
- 9. Reduction: Ontological and Linguistic Facets
- 10. Meaning to Theoretical Terms: A Critique of the Standard Empiricist Construal
- 11. On the "Standard Conception" of Scientific Theories
- 12. Limits of a Deductive Construal of the Function of Scientific Theories
- pt. IV Explanations of Behavior
- 13. Logical Positivism and the Social Sciences
- 14. Explanation in Science and in History
- 15. Reasons and Covering Laws in Historical Explanation
- 16. Rational Action
- pt. V Scientific Rationality
- 17. Science Unlimited?
- 18. Turns in the Evolution of the Problem of Induction
- 19. Scientific Rationality: Normative versus Descriptive Construals
- 20. Valuation and Objectivity in Science
- Bibliography of Carl G. Hempel.