The Oxford Handbook of Philosophy of Science
Humphreys, Paul
The Oxford Handbook of Philosophy of Science - Oxford Oxford University Press 2016 - 917p
includes index and biblioraphy
1. Overviews Adverstisement for the Philosophy of the Computational Science..... .15 Philosophy of the social Science : Naturalism and anti-Naturalism in the Philosophy of social Science ...43 Philosophy of Biology ....65 Philosophy of the Psychological and COgnitive Sciences ............92 Philosophy of the physical Sciences ..115 Having science in View: General Philosophy of Science and its Significance.......137 2. Traditional Topics Causation in Science ...........163 Confirmation and Induction ............185 Determinism and Indeterminism .210 Epistemology and philosophy of Science ..233 Ethics in Science...252 Experiment.274 Game theory ...................296 Instrumentalism : Global, local, and Scientific .............318 Laws of Nature .........337 Metaphysics in Science ...356 Models and Theories .378 Natural Kinds.....397 Probability .....417 Representation in Science ...............440 Reduction .......460 Science and Non -science .......485 Scientific Concpets ................506 Scientific Explanation........524 Scientific Progress......544 Scientific Realism ....564 Scientific Theories ......585 Values in Science .......609 3. New Directions After kuhn........633 Astronomy and Astrophysics ........652 Challenges to evolutionary theory .......671 Complexity Theory ....695 Computer Simulation .....717 Data ......738 Emergence .........759 Empiricism and after ...779 Mechanisms and Mechanical Philosophy ...............796 Philosophy and cosmology ...........817 Philosophy of Neuroscience ....836 Social Organization of Science .........863 Spaces ..........882
9780199368815 11778
Philosophy, Science
Science
N54 / H888
The Oxford Handbook of Philosophy of Science - Oxford Oxford University Press 2016 - 917p
includes index and biblioraphy
1. Overviews Adverstisement for the Philosophy of the Computational Science..... .15 Philosophy of the social Science : Naturalism and anti-Naturalism in the Philosophy of social Science ...43 Philosophy of Biology ....65 Philosophy of the Psychological and COgnitive Sciences ............92 Philosophy of the physical Sciences ..115 Having science in View: General Philosophy of Science and its Significance.......137 2. Traditional Topics Causation in Science ...........163 Confirmation and Induction ............185 Determinism and Indeterminism .210 Epistemology and philosophy of Science ..233 Ethics in Science...252 Experiment.274 Game theory ...................296 Instrumentalism : Global, local, and Scientific .............318 Laws of Nature .........337 Metaphysics in Science ...356 Models and Theories .378 Natural Kinds.....397 Probability .....417 Representation in Science ...............440 Reduction .......460 Science and Non -science .......485 Scientific Concpets ................506 Scientific Explanation........524 Scientific Progress......544 Scientific Realism ....564 Scientific Theories ......585 Values in Science .......609 3. New Directions After kuhn........633 Astronomy and Astrophysics ........652 Challenges to evolutionary theory .......671 Complexity Theory ....695 Computer Simulation .....717 Data ......738 Emergence .........759 Empiricism and after ...779 Mechanisms and Mechanical Philosophy ...............796 Philosophy and cosmology ...........817 Philosophy of Neuroscience ....836 Social Organization of Science .........863 Spaces ..........882
9780199368815 11778
Philosophy, Science
Science
N54 / H888