Science in Reflection The Israel Colloquium: Studies in History, Philosophy, and Sociology of Science Volume 3

Science in Reflection The Israel Colloquium: Studies in History, Philosophy, and Sociology of Science Volume 3 / edited by Edna Ullmann-Margalit.

The Israel Colloquium for the History, Philosophy and Sociology of Science presents before you its third volume of proceedings. The philosophy section of the volume has three main foci: the scientific explanation (Hempel and Ben-Menachem, Elster and Dascal); realism in science (Cohen and Zemach) and...

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Other Authors: Ullmann-Margalit, Edna (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 1988.
Edition:1st ed. 1988.
Series:Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science, 110
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Subjects:
Philosophy and science.
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Table of Contents:
  • Limits of a Deductive Construal of the Function of Scientific Theories
  • Limits of a Deductive Construal of the Function of Scientific Theories: A Comment
  • Cognitive Limits of Science
  • How Philosophy and Science Came to Differ
  • The Nature and Scope of Rational-Choice Explanation
  • Rational-Choice Explanation — The Limits to Grounding: A Comment
  • Realism Versus Anti-Realism: What Is the Issue?
  • Epistemic and Semantic Reflections on Scientific Realism: A Comment
  • Can a Naturalist Believe in Universals?
  • Can a Naturalist Believe in Universals? A Comment
  • The Hermeneutical Status of the History of Science: The Views of Hélène Metzger
  • The Hermeneutical Status of the History of Science: The Views of Hélène Metzger: A Comment
  • The Era of Independent Inventors
  • Social Interests and the Organic Physics of 1847
  • Social Interests and the Organic Physics of 1847: A Comment
  • The Earliest Missionaries of the Copenhagen Spirit
  • Index of Names.

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