Lectures on Structure and Significance of Science
Published on 14. February 2012
Book
Paperback/Softback
XII, 228 pages
978-3-642-45498-1 (ISBN)
Description
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.
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Edition
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1977
Language
English
Place of publication
Berlin
Germany
Publishing group
Springer Berlin
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Research
Illustrations
XII, 228 p.
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 155 mm
Thickness: 14 mm
Weight
371 gr
ISBN-13
978-3-642-45498-1 (9783642454981)
DOI
10.1007/978-3-642-45496-7
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Book
06/1977
1st Edition
Springer
€85.55
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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.