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Title Turkish studies in the history and philosophy of science / edited by Gürol Irzik and Güven Güzeldere
Published Dordrecht ; New York : Springer, ©2005

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Description 1 online resource (xvii, 308 pages)
Series Boston studies in the philosophy of science, 0068-0346 ; v. 244
Boston studies in the philosophy of science ; v. 244. 0068-0346
Contents Introductory Remarks; An Interview with Maria Reichenbach and David Kaplan; Demarcation of the Logical Constants and Logical Truth in Terms of Analyticity; General Theory of Relativity and the 5th Test; Implications of the Geometry of Quantum Mechanical Perfect Correlation Functions Concerning "Bell's Theorem without Inequalities"; Quine's Robust Relativism; Confirmation of Theoretical Hypotheses: Bootstrapping with a Bayesian Face; Idealizations and Approximations in Science, and the Bayesian Theory of Confirmation
Summary The present book, which contains seventeen newly commissioned articles, aims to give a rich overview of the current state of research by Turkish philosophers and historians of science. Topics covered address issues in methodology, causation, and reduction, and include philosophy of logic and physics, philosophy of psychology and language, and Ottoman science studies. The book also contains un unpublished interview with Maria Reichenbach, Hans Reichenbach's wife, which sheds new light on Reichenbach's academic and personal life in Istanbul and at UCLA. This volume is primarily intended for researchers in the philosophy and history of science. However, it should also be valuable to other philosophers working in fields such as epistemology, metaphysics, philosophy of mind, and philosophy of language, as well as to physicists, cognitive scientists and liguists interested in philosophical issues. "Philosophy is alive and well in Turkey. This is a wonderful volume, chock-full of first-rate essay by Turkish philosophers and historians of science. Readers will also learn something about the early days of analytical philosophy in Turkey. The interview that Güven Güzeldere conducted with Maria Reichenbach and David Kaplan is a fascinating read. If, however, your department is fighting for more office space, keep the volume out of the hands of your university administrators. Maria Reichenbach reports: ̀Hans by the way shared an office with Bertrand Russell when he was at UCLA'." Brian McLaughlin, Professor and Chair, Philosophy Department, Rutgers University
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
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Subject Science -- Turkey -- History
Science -- Philosophy.
Science.
Science
sciences (philosophy)
science (modern discipline)
REFERENCE -- Questions & Answers.
SCIENCE -- History.
Science -- Turkey -- History.
Science -- Philosophy.
Sciences sociales.
Sciences humaines.
Science
Science -- Philosophy
Wetenschapsfilosofie.
Turkey
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
Author Irzık, Gürol
Güzeldere, Güven
ISBN 140203332X
9781402033322
1402033338
9781402033339
1280283726
9781280283727