The Prism of Science The Israel Colloquium: Studies in History, Philosophy, and Sociology of Science Volume 2

The Prism of Science The Israel Colloquium: Studies in History, Philosophy, and Sociology of Science Volume 2 / edited by Edna Ullmann-Margalit.

This is the second volume of Proceedings of the Israel Colloquium for the History, Philosophy and Sociology of Science. At the time that this preface is being written, the fourth annual series of lectures within the framework of the Israel Colloquium is already behind us and the fifth is underway. T...

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Other Authors: Ullmann-Margalit, Edna (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 1986.
Edition:1st ed. 1986.
Series:Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science, 95
Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:
Philosophy and science.
History.
Sociology.
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Table of Contents:
  • Metamorphoses of the Scientist in Utopia
  • Metamorphoses of the Scientist in Utopia: A Comment
  • The Third Force in Seventeenth-Century Thought: Skepticism, Science and Millenarianism
  • The Third Force in Seventeenth-Century Thought: A Comment
  • Restricted and Inclusive Historical Materialism
  • Restricted and Inclusive Historical Materialism: A Comment
  • Practical Reasoning
  • Practical Reasoning — The Bottom Line: A Comment
  • Medicine and the Boer War: Social and Political Consequences
  • Medicine and the Boer War: A Comment
  • Koch’s Bacillus: Was There a Technological Fix?
  • Koch’s Bacillus: A Comment
  • Can Genetics Explain Development?
  • Eddington Centennial Symposium
  • Opening Remarks
  • The Nature of the Physical World Revisited
  • Eddington and the Large Numbers
  • The Fine-Structure Constant: From Eddington’s Time to Our Own
  • Eddington and Einstein.

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