Contemporary debates in philosophy of science

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Malden, MA: Blackwell (2004)
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Showcasing original arguments for well-defined positions, as well as clear and concise statements of sophisticated philosophical views, this volume is an ...

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Q175.C6917 2004

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1405101520   1405101512   9781405101523

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Why Empiricism Won't Work.James Robert Brown
Introduction: what is the philosophy of science.  (pages 1--19)Christopher Hitchcock
Visit our website at http://www. blackwellpublishing. com.  (pages 24)James Ladyman & Marc Lange
Why Thought Experiments Do Not Transcend Empiricism.  (pages 44-66)John D. Norton
Probability captures the logic of scientific confirmation.  (pages 69--93)Patrick Maher
Causes Are Physically Connected to Their Effects.  (pages 189--196)Dowe Phil
Causes are physically connected to their effects: Why preventers and omissions are not causes.  (pages 189--196)Phil Dowe
Causes need not be physically connected to their effects: The case for negative causation.  (pages 197--216)Jonathan Schaffer
On the Origins of the Arrow of Time: Why There is Still a Puzzle about the Low Entropy Past.  (pages 219--239)Huw Price
There Is No Puzzle about the Low Entropy Past.  (pages 240-255)Craig Callender
The mind is a system of modules shaped by natural selection.  (pages 293--311)Peter Carruthers
The mind is not (just) a system of modules shaped (just) by natural selection.  (pages 312-34)James F. Woodward & Fiona Cowie

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