Lectures on Structure and Significance of Science
1st Edition
Published on 1. June 1977
Book
Hardback
240 pages
978-3-540-08091-6 (ISBN)
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Language
English
Place of publication
Berlin
Germany
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Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG
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Professional and scholarly
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Weight
590 gr
ISBN-13
978-3-540-08091-6 (9783540080916)
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Content
1st Lecture Prologue: Science and Responsibility.- 2nd Lecture The Motivation of Science.- 3rd Lecture The Scientific Approach (1): Terminology and Language.- 4th Lecture The Scientific Approach (2): Data, Hypotheses, and Theories.- 5th Lecture The Scientific Approach (3): Laws, Prediction, Explanation.- 6th Lecture The Principle of Causality.- 7th Lecture The Structure of Teleological Action.- 8th Lecture Physics and Biology: The Problem of Reduction.- 9th Lecture Physiology and Comparative Biology.- 10th Lecture Tradition and Progress in Science: The Notion of Paradigms.- 11th Lecture The Ethics of Science.- 12th Lecture Science and Technology.- 13th Lecture The Crisis of Science.- 14th Lecture Science and Values.- 15th Lecture Epilogue: Epistemology and Evolution.- References.