Recent Themes in the Philosophy of Science: Scientific Realism and Commonsense - Softcover

Buch 20 von 51: Studies in History and Philosophy of Science
 
9789401728638: Recent Themes in the Philosophy of Science: Scientific Realism and Commonsense

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword. Acknowledgements. Introduction: Scientific Realism and Commonsense; T.D. Lyons, S. Clarke. Realism Through Manipulation, and by Hypothesis; R. Nola. Chalmer''s Defence of Scientific Realism against Cartwright; S. Clarke. Scientific Realism and the Empirical Nature of Methodology: Bayesians, Error Statisticians, and Statistical Inference; H. Kincaid. Scientific Realism and the Pessimistic Meta-Modus Tollens; T.D. Lyons. Miracle or Mystery? Hypotheses and Predictions in Rankine''s Thermodynamics; K. Hutchison. Putnam''s No-Miracle Argument: a Critique; M. Ghins. Some Surprising Phenomena and Some Unsatisfactory Explanations of Them; J. Wright. Marks of Irrationality; L. Bortolotti. Implications of Inquiry: a Pragmatist View of the Scientific and Manifest Image; H.C.D.G. De Regt. Human Agency, Realism and the New Essentialism; B. Ellis. Notes on contributors. Index.

Die Inhaltsangabe kann sich auf eine andere Ausgabe dieses Titels beziehen.

Weitere beliebte Ausgaben desselben Titels

9781402008313: Recent Themes in the Philosophy of Science: Scientific Realism and Commonsense (Studies in History and Philosophy of Science) (Studies in History and Philosophy of Science, 17, Band 17)

Vorgestellte Ausgabe

ISBN 10:  1402008317 ISBN 13:  9781402008313
Verlag: Springer, 2002
Hardcover