Philosophy of Science (Record no. 44497)
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International Standard Book Number | 9780415891776 |
Terms of availability | 2229 |
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Classification number | N54 |
Item number | R723 |
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Personal name | Rosenberg, Alex |
245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
Title | Philosophy of Science |
Remainder of title | A Contemporary Introduction |
250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT | |
Edition statement | 3th ed. |
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. | |
Place of publication, distribution, etc. | London |
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | Routledge |
Date of publication, distribution, etc. | 2012 |
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
Extent | 308p |
500 ## - GENERAL NOTE | |
General note | includes index and biblioraphy |
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Formatted contents note | 1 Philosophy and Science I<br/>Overview I<br/>What Is Philosophy? I<br/>Philosophy and the Emergence of the Sciences 3<br/>Science and the Divisions of Philosophy 5<br/>What if There Are No Questions Left Over when Science Is Finished? 6<br/>A Short History of Philosophy as the Philosophy of Science 8<br/>2 Why Is Philosophy of Science Important? 21<br/>Overview 21<br/>Scientific Questions and Questions about Science 21<br/>Modern Science Has Implications for Philosophy 24<br/>The Cultural Significance of Science 30<br/>Why Is Science the Only Feature of Western Culture Universally Adopted? 33<br/>3 Scientific Explanation 39<br/>Overview 39<br/>Defining Scientific Explanation 40<br/>The Role of Laws in Scientific Explanation 42<br/>The Covering Law Model 45<br/>Problems for the Covering Law Model 48<br/>A Competing Conception of Scientific Explanation 53<br/>Why Do Laws Explain?<br/>Overview<br/>What Is a Law of Nature?<br/>Counterfactual Support as a Symptom of the Necessity of Laws<br/>Counterfactuals and Causation<br/>Coming to Grips with Nomic Necessity<br/>Denying the Obvious?<br/>Causation, Inexact Laws and Statistical Probabilities<br/>Overview<br/>Causes as Explainers<br/>Ceteris Par/bus Laws<br/>Statistical Laws and Probabilistic Causes<br/>Explanation as Unification<br/>Laws and Explanations in Biology and the "Special Sciences"<br/>Overview<br/>Dissatisfaction with Causal Explanations<br/>Proprietary Laws in the "Special Sciences"<br/>Functional Laws and Biological Explanations<br/>Explaining Purposes or Explaining Them Away?<br/>From Intelligibility to Necessity<br/>The Structure of Scientific Theories<br/>Overview<br/>How Do Theories Work? The Example of Newtonian Mechanics Theories as Explainers: The Hypothetico-Deductive Model The Philosophical Significance of Newtonian Mechanics and<br/>Theories <br/>Epistemic and Metaphysical Issues About Scientific Theories<br/>Overview<br/>Reduction, Replacement and the Progress of Science<br/>The Problem of Theoretical Terms<br/>Scientific Realism vs. Antirealism<br/>9 Theory Construction vs. Model Building 161<br/>Overview 161<br/>Theories and Models 162<br/>Semantic vs. Syntactic Approaches to Theories and Models 166<br/>A Case Study: Darwin`s Theory of Natural Selection 169<br/>Models and Theories in Evolutionary Biology 173<br/>10 Induction and Probability<br/>Overview<br/>The Problem of Induction<br/>Statistics and Probability to the Rescue?<br/>How Much Can Bayes` Theorem Really Help?<br/>Confirmation, Falsification, Underdetermination<br/>Overview<br/>Epistemological Problems of Hypothesis Testing<br/>Induction as a Pseudo-Problem: Popper`s Gambit<br/>Underdetermination<br/>2 Challenges from the History of Science<br/>Overview<br/>A Role for History in the Philosophy of Science?<br/>New Paradigms and Scientific Revolutions<br/>Are Scientific Research Programs Rational? 230<br/>13 Naturalism in the Philosophy of Science 237<br/>Overview 237<br/>Quine and the Surrender of First Philosophy 237<br/>Naturalism, Multiple Realizability and Supervenience 242<br/>Naturalism`s Problem of Justification 248<br/>14 The Contested Character of Science 253<br/>Overview 253<br/>Methodological Anarchism 254<br/>The "Strong Program" in the Sociology of Scientific Knowledge 256<br/>Postmodernism and the Science Wars 261<br/>Does the Sokal Hoax Prove Anything? 263<br/>Scientism, Sexism and Significant Truths 265<br/>15 Science, Relativism and Objectivity 273<br/>Overview 273<br/>Relativism and Conceptual Schemes 273<br/>Dealing with Incommensurability 277<br/>Conclusion: The Very Idea of a Conceptual Scheme 281<br/> |
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Personal name | Rosenberg, Alex |
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