Philosophy and the Many Faces of Science
Published on 13. November 1998
Book
Paperback/Softback
320 pages
978-0-8476-8175-4 (ISBN)
Description
This collection of original papers by an international group of distinguished philosophers of science impressively demonstrates the links among the philosophic points of view, areas of focus, and methods of treatment used in examining the many facets of scientific inquiry. It will be an indispensable collection for philosophers of science and scientists of various disciplines, including physicists, neuroscientists, and psychologists.
Reviews / Votes
. . . could certainly augment studies in the philosophy of science . . . Recommended for those libraries in support of programs in the philosophy of science. -- P. D. Skiff, Bard College * Choice Reviews *More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 228 mm
Width: 148 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
417 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8476-8175-4 (9780847681754)
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Persons
Dionysios Anapolitanos is professor of history and philosophy at the University of Athens.
Aristides Baltas is professor of physics at the National Technical University in Athens.
Stavroula Tsinorema is professor of philosophy at the University of Ioannina.
Dionysios Anapolitanos is professor of history and philosophy at the University of Athens.
Aristides Baltas is professor of physics at the National Technical University in Athens.
Stavroula Tsinorema is professor of philosophy at the University of Ioannina.
Aristides Baltas is professor of physics at the National Technical University in Athens.
Stavroula Tsinorema is professor of philosophy at the University of Ioannina.
Dionysios Anapolitanos is professor of history and philosophy at the University of Athens.
Aristides Baltas is professor of physics at the National Technical University in Athens.
Stavroula Tsinorema is professor of philosophy at the University of Ioannina.
Content
Chapter 1 Foreword
Chapter 2 Introduction
Part 3 Part I: Language and Logic
Chapter 4 Understanding and Reference
Chapter 5 On the Importance of Knowing What One is Talking About
Chapter 6 Frege's Logicist Platonism
Chapter 7 Knowledge by "Symbolic Constructions"
Chapter 8 Indiscriminate Confirmation and Relevance Logic
Chapter 9 Part II: Discovering and Explaining
Chapter 10 Explanation and Mechanism: Reflections on the Ontic Conception of Explanation
Chapter 11 Choice, Time, and Methodology in Peirce's Philosophy of Nature
Chapter 12 Chance and Explanation in Peirce's Cosmology
Chapter 13 Creative Discovery Processes
Chapter 14 The Hermeneutics of Scientific Discovery (A Comment on Aharon Kantorovitch)
Part 15 Part III: Experiments, Quasi-Experiments, and Their Constraints
Chapter 16 Theory and Experiment in the Study of Brownian Motion and Radioactivity
Chapter 17 How to Learn from Experiments
Chapter 18 Meaningless Numbers
Chapter 19 What, if Anything, Is an Experiment in Mathematics?
Chapter 20 Epistemological Aspects of the Application of Mathematics to Itself
Part 21 Part IV: History and Philosophy of Science in Context
Chapter 22 The Rise of Scientific Philosophy Revisited
Chapter 23 Models and Reality: An Historical Approach
Chapter 24 Scientific Realism and History of Science: A Comment
Chapter 25 Methodological Relativism in the History of Science
Chapter 26 Science and Culture: On the Logic of the Theory of Culture
Part 27 Part V: The Ways of the Mind
Chapter 28 Artificial Intelligence, Quantum Mechanics, Neuroscience, and the Philosophy of Mind
Chapter 29 Does Mind Matter? Artificial Intelligence, Computational Neuroscience, and the Philosophy of Mind
Chapter 30 In the Theoretician's Laboratory: Thought Experiments as Mental Modeling
Chapter 31 The Failure of Freud's Explanation of Counter-Wish Dreams
Chapter 32 Index
Chapter 2 Introduction
Part 3 Part I: Language and Logic
Chapter 4 Understanding and Reference
Chapter 5 On the Importance of Knowing What One is Talking About
Chapter 6 Frege's Logicist Platonism
Chapter 7 Knowledge by "Symbolic Constructions"
Chapter 8 Indiscriminate Confirmation and Relevance Logic
Chapter 9 Part II: Discovering and Explaining
Chapter 10 Explanation and Mechanism: Reflections on the Ontic Conception of Explanation
Chapter 11 Choice, Time, and Methodology in Peirce's Philosophy of Nature
Chapter 12 Chance and Explanation in Peirce's Cosmology
Chapter 13 Creative Discovery Processes
Chapter 14 The Hermeneutics of Scientific Discovery (A Comment on Aharon Kantorovitch)
Part 15 Part III: Experiments, Quasi-Experiments, and Their Constraints
Chapter 16 Theory and Experiment in the Study of Brownian Motion and Radioactivity
Chapter 17 How to Learn from Experiments
Chapter 18 Meaningless Numbers
Chapter 19 What, if Anything, Is an Experiment in Mathematics?
Chapter 20 Epistemological Aspects of the Application of Mathematics to Itself
Part 21 Part IV: History and Philosophy of Science in Context
Chapter 22 The Rise of Scientific Philosophy Revisited
Chapter 23 Models and Reality: An Historical Approach
Chapter 24 Scientific Realism and History of Science: A Comment
Chapter 25 Methodological Relativism in the History of Science
Chapter 26 Science and Culture: On the Logic of the Theory of Culture
Part 27 Part V: The Ways of the Mind
Chapter 28 Artificial Intelligence, Quantum Mechanics, Neuroscience, and the Philosophy of Mind
Chapter 29 Does Mind Matter? Artificial Intelligence, Computational Neuroscience, and the Philosophy of Mind
Chapter 30 In the Theoretician's Laboratory: Thought Experiments as Mental Modeling
Chapter 31 The Failure of Freud's Explanation of Counter-Wish Dreams
Chapter 32 Index