General philosophy of science : focal issues /
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| Imprint: | Amsterdam ; London : Elsevier/North Holland, 2007. |
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| Description: | xxvi, 683 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Handbook of the philosophy of science Handbook of the philosophy of science. |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6572610 |
Table of Contents:
- General Preface
- Introduction: Explication in Philosophy of Science
- List of Contributors
- Laws, Theories and Research Programmes
- Past and Contemporary Perspectives on Explanation
- Evaluation of Theories
- The Role of Experiments in the Natural Sciences: Examples from Physics and Biology
- The Role of Experiments in the Social Sciences: The case of Economics
- Ontological, Epistemological, and Methodological Positions
- Reduction, Integration, and the Unity of Science: Natural, Behavioral, and Social Sciences and the Humanities
- Logical, Historical and Computational Approaches
- Demarcating Science from Nonscience
- History of the Philosophy of Science. From Wissenschaftslogik (Logic of Science) to Philosophy of Science: Europe and America, 1930-1960
- Index
