The Routledge companion to philosophy of science /
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| Imprint: | London ; New York : Routledge, 2008. |
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| Description: | xxvii, 619 p. : ill. ; 26 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Routledge philosophy companions |
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| Format: | E-Resource Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7142758 |
Table of Contents:
- Part 1. Historical and Philosophical Context
- 1. The Epistemology of Science after Quine
- 2. The History of Philosophy and Philosophy of Science
- 3. Metaphysics
- 4. Philosophy of Language
- 5. The Role of Logic in Philosophy of Science
- 6. Critical Rationalism
- 7. The Historical Turn in the Philosophy of Science
- 8. Logical Empiricism
- 9. Pragmatism and Science
- Part 2. Debates
- 10. Bayesianism
- 11. Confirmation
- 12. Empiricism
- 13. Essentialism and Natural Kinds
- 14. Ethics of Science
- 15. Experiment
- 16. Explanation
- 17. Feminist Approach to the Philosophy of Science
- 18. Inference to the Best Explanation
- 19. Laws of Nature
- 20. Naturalism
- 21. Realism/Anti-Realism
- 22. Relativism about Science
- 23. Scientific Method
- 24. Social Studies of Science
- 25. The Structure of Theories
- 26. Theory-Change
- 27. Underdetermination
- 28. Values in Science
- Part 3. Concepts
- 29. Causation
- 30. Determinism
- 31. Evidence
- 32. Function
- 33. Idealization
- 34. Measurement
- 35. Mechanisms
- 36. Models
- 37. Observation
- 38. Prediction
- 39. Probability
- 40. Reduction
- 41. Representation in Science
- 42. Scientific Discovery
- 43. Space and Time
- 44. Symmetry
- 45. Truthlikeness
- 46. Unification
- 47. The Virtues of a Good Theory
- Part 4. The Individual Sciences
- 48. Biology
- 49. Chemistry
- 50. Cognitive Science
- 51. Economics
- 52. Mathematics
- 53. Physics
- 54. Psychology
- 55. Social Sciences
- Index
- Figures
