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A companion to the philosophy of science
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- Creator
- edited by W.H. Newton-Smith
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Contributors
- Publication
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- Malden, Mass. : Blackwell Publishers, 2000
- Physical Details
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- xvi, 576 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
- ISBNs
- 0631230203, 1782686363, 9781782686361, 9780631170242, 9781405164481, 0631170243, 0631227849, 1405164484, 9780631227847, 9780631230205
- OCLC
- ocm42428744, ocm47008439
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Axiomatization / Frederick Suppe -- Berkeley / M. Hughes -- Biology / Paul Thompson -- Bohr / Dugald Murdoch -- Causation / Paul Humphreys -- Cognitive approaches to science / Ronald N. Giere -- Computing / Leslie Burkholder -- Confirmation, paradoxes of / J.D. Trout -- Convention, role of / Lawrence Sklar -- Craig's theorem / Frederick Suppe -- Darwin / Samir Okasha -- Definitions / Frederick Suppe -- Descartes / Tom Sorell -- Discovery / Thomas Nickles -- Dispositions and powers / Rom Harré -- Einstein / Christopher Ray -- Evidence and confirmation / Colin Howson --
- Experiment / David C. Gooding -- Explanation / W.H. Newton-Smith -- Feminist accounts of science / Kathleen Okruhlik -- Feyerabend / John Preston -- Galileo / Robert E. Butts -- History, role in the philosophy of science / Brendan Larvor -- Holism / Christopher Hookway -- Hume / W.H. Newton-Smith -- Idealization / Yemima Ben-Menahem -- Incommensurability / Muhammad Ali Khalidi -- Induction and the uniformity of nature / Colin Howson -- Inference to the best explanation / Peter Lipton -- Judgment, role in science / Harold I. Brown -- Kuhn / Richard Rorty -- Lakatos / Thomas Nickles --
- Laws of nature / Rom Harré -- Leibniz / William Seager -- Locke -- G.A.J. Rogers -- Logical Empiricism / Wesley C. Salmon -- Logical positivism / Christopher Ray -- Mach / Gereon Wolters -- Mathematics, role in science / James Robert Brown -- Measurement / J.D. Trout -- Metaphor in science / Eleonora Montuschi -- Metaphysics, role in science / William Seager -- Mill / Geoffrey Scarre -- Models and analogies / Mary Hesse -- Naturalism / Ronald N. Giere -- Natural kinds / John Dupré -- Newton / Richard S. Westfall -- Observation and theory / Peter Achinstein --
- Peirce / Cheryl Misak -- Physicalism / William Seager -- Popper / John Watkins -- Pragmatic factors in theory acceptance / John Worrall -- Probability / Philip Percival -- Qualities, primary and secondary / G.A.J. Rogers -- Quantum mechanics / Richard Healey -- Quine / Lars Bergström -- Ramsey sentences / Frederick Suppe -- Realism and instrumentalism / Jarrett Leplin -- Reductionism / John Dupré -- Relativism / James W. Mcallister -- Russell / Paul J. Hager -- Scientific change / Dudley Shapere -- Scientific methodology / Gary Gutting -- Simplicity / Elliott Sober --
- Social factors in science / James Robert Brown -- Social science, philosophy of / Alex Rosenberg -- Space, time, and relativity / Lawrence Sklar -- Statistical explanation / Christopher Read Hitchcock and Wesley C. Salmon -- Supervenience and determination / William Seager -- Technology, philosophy of Mary Tiles -- Teleological explanation / Andrew Woodfield -- Theoretical terms: meaning and reference / Philip Percival -- Theories / Ronald N. Giere -- Theory identity / Frederick Suppe -- Thought experiments / James Robert Brown -- Underdetermination of theory by data / W.H. Newton-Smith --
- Unification of theories / James W. McAllister -- The unity of science / C.A. Hooker -- Values in science / Ernan McMullin -- Verisimilitude / Chris Brink -- Whewell / John Wettersten