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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...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford :
Oxford University Press,
2013.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 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
- ""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""
- ""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""
- ""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""
- ""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""