The Nature & Function of Scientific Theories: Essays in Contemporary Science and Philosophy - Couverture souple

Maxwell, Grover; Hesse, Mary; Shimony, Abner; Salmon, Wesley C.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0822984288 ISBN 13 : 9780822984283

Editeur : University of Pittsburgh Press, 1971

Synopsis

The six essays in this volume discuss philosophical thought on scientific theory including: a call for a realist, rather than instrumentalist interpretation of science; a critique of one of the core ideas of positivism concerning the relation between observational and theoretical languages; using aerodynamics to discuss the representational aspect of scientific theories and their isomorphic qualities; the relationship between the reliability of common sense and the authenticity of the world view of science; removing long-held ambiguities on the theory of inductive logic; and the relationship between the actuality of conceptual revolutions in the history of science and traditional philosophical pictures of scientific theory-building.

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À propos de l'auteur

Robert G. Colodny was professor of history at the University of Pittsburgh, and the editor of numerous books on philosophy of science including: The Nature and Function of Scientific Theories: Essays in Contemporary Science and Philosophy; Paradigms and Paradoxes: The Philosophical Challenges of the Quantum Domain; and Mind and Cosmos: Essays in Contemporary Science and Philosophy.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: University of Pittsburgh Press
• Date d'édition: 1971
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0822984288
• ISBN 13: 9780822984283
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 361
• Éditeur: Colodny Robert G.
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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