On Comparing and Evaluating Scientific TheoriesAdam Jonkisz, Leon Koj Contents: Leon KOJ: Methodology and values. - Leon KOJ: Science as system. - Adam GROBLER: Explanation and epistemic virtue. - Piotr GIZA: Intelligent computer systems and theory comparison. - Henryk OGRYZKO-WIEWIEROWSKI: Methods of social choice of scientific theories. - Kazimierz JODKOWSKI: Is the causal theory of reference a remedy for ontological incommensurability? - Wolfgang BALZER: On approximative reduction. - C. ULISES MOULINES: Is there genuinely scientific progress? - Adam JONKISZ: On relative progress in science." |
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Leon Koj Science as System | 37 |
Adam Grobler Explanation and Epistemic Virtue | 61 |
Piotr Giza Intelligent Computer Systems and Theory Comparison | 89 |
Henryk OgryzkoWiewiórowski Methods of Social Choice of Scien | 105 |
Kazimierz Jodkowski Is the Causal Theory of Reference a Remedy | 133 |
Wolfgang Balzer On Approximative Reduction | 153 |
Ulises Moulines Is There Genuinely Scientific Progress? | 173 |
Adam Jonkisz On Relative Progress in Science | 199 |
Contributors | 235 |
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