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Understanding inconsistent science /
Peter Vickers examines 'inconsistent theories' in the history of science - theories which, though contradictory, are held to be extremely useful. He argues that these 'theories' are actually significantly different entities, and warns that the traditional goal of philosophy to ma...
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| 520 | 8 | |a Peter Vickers examines 'inconsistent theories' in the history of science - theories which, though contradictory, are held to be extremely useful. He argues that these 'theories' are actually significantly different entities, and warns that the traditional goal of philosophy to make substantial, general claims about how science works is misguided. | |
| 505 | 0 | |a Cover -- Contents -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 Who Cares about Inconsistency Anyway? -- 1.2 Inconsistency in Science: Contemporary Debates -- 1.2.1 Logic-driven versus content-driven -- 1.2.2 Reconstructing/representing inconsistencies -- 1.3 Going Deeper -- 2 Concepts and Method -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 What is Inconsistency? -- 2.3 Theories of Theories: Syntactic and Semantic -- 2.4 The Substrate of Science -- 2.5 Concepts and Contents of Theories -- 2.6 A New Method: Theory Eliminativism -- 2.7 Back to Inconsistency -- 2.8 Overview | |
| 505 | 8 | |a ""3 Bohr�s Theory of the Atom""""3.1 Introduction""; ""3.2 Three Inconsistency Claims""; ""3.2.1 Discrete energy states""; ""3.2.2 Quantum transitions""; ""3.2.3 Non-emission of radiation""; ""3.3 Inconsistencies in the Later Theory""; ""3.3.1 Spectral line intensities""; ""3.3.2 The adiabatic principle""; ""3.4 Conclusion""; ""4 Classical Electrodynamics""; ""4.1 Introduction""; ""4.2 Features of the Theory""; ""4.3 Frisch�s Inconsistency Claim""; ""4.4 Defending Frisch""; ""4.4.1 Muller""; ""4.4.2 Belot""; ""4.5 The Significance of the Frisch Inconsistency""; ""4.6 Conclusion"" | |
| 505 | 8 | |a ""5 Newtonian Cosmology""""5.1 Introduction""; ""5.2 The Concept Newtonian Cosmology""; ""5.3 How was Newtonian Cosmology Inconsistent?""; ""5.3.1 A contradiction of forces""; ""5.3.2 An Indeterminacy Contradiction""; ""5.4 Why weren�t the Inconsistencies Noticed?""; ""5.4.1 Because the right question wasn�t asked""; ""5.4.2 Because of confusion about non-convergent series""; ""5.5 Conclusion""; ""6 The Early Calculus""; ""6.1 Introduction""; ""6.2 Berkeley�s Criticism""; ""6.3 The Algorithmic Level""; ""6.4 The Level of Justification""; ""6.4.1 Newton""; ""6.4.2 Leibniz"" | |
| 505 | 8 | |a ""6.4.3 The English""""6.4.4 The French""; ""6.5 �As if � Inconsistency""; ""6.6 Conclusion""; ""7 Further Examples""; ""7.1 Introduction""; ""7.2 Aristotle�s Theory of Motion""; ""7.3 Olbers� Paradox""; ""7.4 Classical Electrons""; ""7.4.1 Reconstruction of the inconsistency""; ""7.4.2 What lessons?""; ""7.5 Kirchhoff �s Theory of Diffraction""; ""7.5.1 Reconstruction of the inconsistency""; ""7.5.2 What lessons?""; ""7.6 Conclusion""; ""8 Conclusion""; ""8.1 Introduction""; ""8.2 Lessons from the Case Studies""; ""8.2.1 Asking questions"" | |
| 505 | 8 | |a ""8.2.2 Inconsistency versus implausibility""""8.2.3 The role of �as if � reasoning""; ""8.2.4 Getting from inconsistency to contradiction""; ""8.2.5 The logic-driven/content-driven debate""; ""8.3 Theory Eliminativism and the Method of Philosophy of Science""; ""8.4 Concluding Thoughts""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""Z"" | |
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