A companion to the philosophy of science

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Malden, Mass.: Blackwell (2000)
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Taken as a whole, the volume provides an unparalleled survey of all the topical areas, major methods, and stances in the philosophy of science.

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Q175.3.C65 2000

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0631170243   0631230203   9780631230205   9780631170242
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Observation and Theory.Peter Achinstein
Idealization.Yemima Ben-Menahem
Quine.Lars Bergström
Verisimilitude.Chris Brink
Judgment, Role in Science.Harold I. Brown
Mathematics, Role in Science.James Robert Brown
Social Factors in Science.James Robert Brown
Thought Experiments.James Robert Brown
Computing.Leslie Burkholder
Galileo.Robert E. Butts
Natural Kinds.John Dupré
Reductionism.John Dupré
Cognitive Approaches to Science.Ronald N. Giere
Naturalism.Ronald N. Giere
Theories.Ronald N. Giere
Experiment.David C. Gooding
Scientific Methodology.Gary Gutting
Russell.Paul J. Hager
Dispositions and Powers.Rom Harré
Laws of Nature.Rom Harré
Quantum Mechanics.Richard Healey
Models and Analogies.Mary Hesse
Statistical Explanation.Christopher Read Hitchcock & Wesley C. Salmon
Holism.Christopher Hookway
The Unity of Science.C. A. Hooker
Evidence and Confirmation.Colin Howson
Induction and the Uniformity of Nature.Colin Howson
Berkeley.M. Hughes
Causation.Paul Humphreys
Incommensurability.Muhammad Ali Khalidi
History, Role in the Philosophy of Science.Brendan Larvor
Realism and Instrumentalism.Jarrett Leplin
Inference to the Best Explanation.Peter Lipton
Relativism.James W. McAllister
Unification of Theories.James W. McAllister
Values in Science.Ernan McMullin
Peirce.Cheryl Misak
Metaphor in science.Eleonora Montuschi
Bohr.Dugald Murdoch
Explanation.W. H. Newton-Smith
Hume.W. H. Newton-Smith
Introduction.W. H. Newton-Smith
Metaphor in science.William Newton-Smith
Underdetermination of Theory by Data.W. H. Newton-Smith
Discovery.Thomas Nickles
Lakatos.Thomas Nickles
Darwin.Samir Okasha
Feminist Accounts of Science.Kathleen Okruhlik
Probability.Philip Percival
Theoretical Terms: Meaning and Reference.Philip Percival
Feyerabend.John Preston
Einstein.Christopher Ray
Logical Positivism.Christopher Ray
Locke.G. A. J. Rogers
Qualities, Primary and Secondary.G. A. J. Rogers
Kuhn.Richard Rorty
Social Science, Philosophy of.Alex Rosenberg
Logical Empiricism.Wesley C. Salmon
Mill.Geoffrey Scarre
Leibniz.William Seager
Metaphysics, Role in Science.William Seager
Physicalism.William Seager
Supervenience and Determination.William Seager
Scientific Change.Dudley Shapere
Convention, Role of.Lawrence Sklar
Space, Time, and Relativity.Lawrence Sklar
Simplicity.Elliott Sober
Descartes.Tom Sorell
Axiomatization.Frederick Suppe
Craig's Theorem.Frederick Suppe
Definitions.Frederick Suppe
Ramsey Sentences.Frederick Suppe
Theory Identity.Frederick Suppe
Biology.Paul Thompson
Technology, Philosophy of.Mary Tiles
Confirmation, Paradoxes of.J. D. Trout
Measurement.J. D. Trout
Popper.John Watkins
Newton.Richard S. Westfall
Whewell.John Wettersten
Mach.Gereon Wolters
Teleological Explanation.Andrew Woodfield
Pragmatic factors in theory-acceptance.John Worrall
Pragmatic factors in theory-acceptance.John Worrall

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