The Metaphysics of Science (Record no. 44283)
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International Standard Book Number | 9781402063275 |
Terms of availability | 2804 |
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Classification number | N20 |
Item number | D589 |
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Personal name | Dilworth, Craig |
245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
Title | The Metaphysics of Science |
Remainder of title | An Account of Modern Science in Terms of Principles, Laws and Theories |
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Edition statement | 2th ed. |
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. | |
Place of publication, distribution, etc. | Netherlands |
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | Springer |
Date of publication, distribution, etc. | 2007 |
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
Extent | 333p |
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Title | Boston Studies in the Philosophy of Science; |
Volume/sequential designation | 200702ENGGPS1 |
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General note | includes index and biblioraphy |
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Formatted contents note | 1. EMPIRICISM VS. REALISM - THE PERENNIAL DEBATE IN THE PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE 9<br/>Comte, Whewell, Mill, Mach, Boltzmann, Poincare,<br/>Duhem, Campbell, Hempel, Harre, van Fraassen,<br/>Laudan, Cartwright, Hacking, Putnam<br/>2. FUNDAMENTAL AND REFINED PRINCIPLES:THE CORE OF MODERN SCIENCE 49<br/>1. Three Principles Central to Modern Science 53<br/>2. Refinements of the Principles in Science 62<br/>3. Four Ways Principles Function with Respect to Science 65<br/>4. On the Epistemological Status of the Principles of Science 71<br/>3. EMPIRICAL LAWS: THE SUPERVENTION OF EXPERIENCE 73<br/>1. The Uniformity Principle and Empirical Laws 74<br/>2. The Substance Principle and Empirical Systems 79<br/>3. Continuity 81<br/>4. Necessity and Universality 82<br/>5. Discovery, Prediction and Technology 83<br/>6. The Supervention of Experience 85<br/>7. Empirical Laws Require Explanation 94<br/>4. SCIENTIFIC THEORIES: CLOSING THE CIRCLE 95<br/>1. Theoretical Reduction and the Closing of the Circle 96<br/>2. The Substance Principle and Theoretical Ontologies 97<br/>3. The Causality Principle and Causal Mechanisms 99<br/>4. The Hypothetical Aspect of Theories 102<br/>5. Explanation, Understanding and the Limits of Intelligibility 104<br/>5. THE PRINCIPLE-THEORY-LAW MODEL OF SCIENTIFIC EXPLANATION 109<br/>1. Theoretical Models, Source-Analogues and Abstraction 109<br/>2. The Substantial, Formal and Causal Aspects of a Theoretical Model 113<br/>3. Theoretical Systems and the Derivation of Empirical Laws 115<br/>4. Theoretical Models Can Suggest Experiments But Do Not Determine Their Results <br/>5. The Nominal vs. the Real Aspect of the Subject 122<br/>6. Idealisation 123<br/>7. Explanation vs. Prediction 127<br/>6. THE SOCIAL SCIENCES: A CONSIDERATION OF ECONOMICS 130<br/>1. The Principles of Rationality and Equilibrium 131<br/>2. The Empirical Facts of Economics 134<br/>3. Economic Models Are Theories 136<br/>4. The Substantial, Causal and Formal Aspects of Economic Models 138<br/>5. Intentional Constructs and Empathetic Understanding 140<br/>6. The Source and Subject of Economic Models 143<br/>7. Abstraction and Idealisation 145<br/>NATURAL KINDS 148<br/>1. What Are Natural Kinds for Modern Science? 148<br/>2. Nominal and Real Essences: Key to the Understanding of Natural Kinds 151<br/>3. Natural Kinds in Biology 153<br/>4. On Identifying Natural Kinds 157<br/>5. Sets, Classes, Individuals and Natural Kinds 163<br/>6. On Difference of Level and the Epistemological Status of Attributions of Nominal and Real Essence 166<br/>PROBABILITY AND CONFIRMATION 170<br/>1. General Considerations Regarding Probability 170<br/>2. Two Senses of the Word "Confirm" 171<br/>3. Evidential Basis vs. Subject-Matter 172<br/>4. Methodological Grounds and Inductive Probability 173<br/>5. Subjective Probability and the Implications of a Probability Claim 174<br/>6. Knowledge-Relativity and the Propensity Interpretation 175<br/>7. Nominal vs. Real Probability Determinations 176<br/>8. Methodological Requirements of Probability Locutions 178<br/>9. On the Acceptability of Scientific Theories 179<br/>10. On the Confirmation of Experimental Laws 180<br/>11. On the Applicability of Scientific Principles 181<br/>EMPIRICISM VS. REALISM REVISITED 183<br/>1. The Historical Debate 183<br/>2. The Supervention of Experience 186<br/>3. Ontology vs. Epistemology 188<br/>4. Understanding vs. Knowledge 191<br/>10. MODERN SCIENCE AND THE FUTURE 193<br/>1. A Particular Enterprise Emanating from Particular Principles 193<br/>2. The Revolution from Mythopoeic Thought 194<br/>3. Three Streams in Greek Thought 196<br/>4. Christianity, Platonism, Aristotelianism and the Scientific Revolution 198<br/>5. Intellectual and Practical Successes and Problems 203<br/>6. What Next? 206<br/> |
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Personal name | Dilworth, Craig |
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