| Description |
viii, 323 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm |
| Series |
"An OPUS book." |
| Contents |
1. Aristotle's Philosophy of Science -- 2. The Pythagorean Orientation -- 3. The Ideal of Deductive Systematization -- 4. Atomism and the Concept of Underlying Mechanism -- 5. Affirmation and Development of Aristotle's Method in the Medieval Period -- 6. The Debate over Saving the Appearances -- 7. The Seventeenth-Century Attack on Aristotelian Philosophy. I. Galileo. II. Francis Bacon. III. Descartes -- 8. Newton's Axiomatic Method -- 9. Analyses of the implications of the New Science for a Theory of Scientific Method. I. The Cognitive Status of Scientific Laws. II. Theories of Scientific Procedure. III. Structure of Scientific Theories -- 10. Inductivism v. the Hypothetico-Deductive View of Science -- 11. Mathematical Positivism and Conventionalism |
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12. Logical Reconstructionist Philosophy of Science -- 13. Orthodoxy under Attack -- 14. Theories of Scientific Progress -- 15. Explanation, Causation, and Unification -- 16. Confirmation and Evidential Support -- 17. The Justification of Evaluative Standards -- 18. The Debate over Scientific Realism -- 19. Descriptive Philosophies of Science |
| Analysis |
Science Philosophy History |
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Science - Philosophy - History |
| Notes |
"An OPUS book"--Half t.p |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [286]-313) and indexes |
| Subject |
Science -- Philosophy -- History.
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Science -- Philosophy -- History.
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| LC no. |
93022328 |
| ISBN |
0192892479 (paperback) |
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