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Philosophy of Science An Anthology: Blackwell Philosophy Anthologies

Autor Lange
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 2 noi 2006
"By skillfully blending classics with provocative recent pieces that integrate real science into philosophical discussions, Lange stimulates his readers to do philosophy of science, rather than just learn it."
--Richard A. Healey, University of Arizona

"Lange has assembled a fine collection of essays in philosophy of science, including familiar established classics, as well as exciting new contributions. The result is an engaging anthology, and anyone interest in the subject, at whatever level, will enjoy and learn from it."
--Barry Gower, University of Durham

"I'm not usually a fan of anthologies, but this one is excellent. Marc Lange provides just the right mix of background material for these important and interrelated papers, supplying key insights, connections, and context, while always letting the pieces ultimately speak for themselves."
--Richard DeWitt, Fairfield University

Philosophy of Science: An Anthology assembles some of the finest papers in the philosophy of science since 1945, showcasing enduring classics alongside important and innovative recent work.

Nine sections address topics at the heart of philosophy of science, including scientific explanations and laws of nature, varieties of causation, and the metaphysical implications of modern physics. Introductions by the editor accompany each section, highlighting connections between selections as well as contextualizing the articles.

Providing an authoritative and accessible overview of the philosophy of science, this volume is a valuable resource for both students and professional philosophers of science.

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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781405130349
ISBN-10: 1405130342
Pagini: 664
Dimensiuni: 170 x 245 x 31 mm
Greutate: 1.15 kg
Editura: Wiley
Seria Blackwell Philosophy Anthologies

Locul publicării:Chichester, United Kingdom

Public țintă

intermediate to advanced undergraduates, and graduates studying philosophy of science

Cuprins

Prefaceix
Acknowledgmentsxi
Part I Our Logical Empiricist Heritage1
Introduction to Part I
3
1 Empiricist Criteria of Cognitive Significance: Problems and Changes
10
CARL G. HEMPEL
Part II The Logical Foundations of Belief Revision23
Introduction to Part II
25
2 Studies in the Logic of Confirmation
34
CARL G. HEMPEL
3 Confirmation and Relevance
62
WESLEY C. SALMON
4 The New Riddle of Induction
81
NELSON GOODMAN
5 Explanations, Tests, Unity, and Necessity
88
CLARK GLYMOUR
6 Rationality and Objectivity in Science (or: Tom Kuhn Meets Tom Bayes)
98
WESLEY C. SALMON
Part III The Criteria of Theory Choice119
Introduction to Part III
121
7 Let's Razor Ockham's Razor
126
ELLIOTT SOBER
8 Foundational Physics and Empiricist Critique
139
LAWRENCE SKLAR
9 Darwin's Achievement
154
PHILIP KITCHER
10 Objectivity, Value Judgment, and Theory Choice
189
THOMAS S. KUHN
Part IV Realism and the Character of Scientific Theories201
Introduction to Part IV
203
11 The Theoretician's Dilemma
210
CARL G. HEMPEL
12
(a) Phenomenalism
216
(b) The Language of Theories
220
WILFRID F. SELLARS
13
(a) Arguments Concerning Scientific Realism
226
(b) To Save the Phenomena
241
BAS C. VAN FRAASSEN
14 Empirical Equivalence and Underdetcrmination
248
LARRY LAUDAN AND JARRETT LEPLIN
15 Structural Realism: The Best of Both Worlds?
262
JOHN WORRALL
16 Extragalactic Reality: The Case of Gravitational Lensing
278
IAN HACKING
Part V Scientific Explanations and Laws of Nature295
Introduction to Part V
297
17 Laws and their Role in Scientific Explanation
305
CARL G. HEMPEL
18
(a) The Laws of Nature
319
(b) Humean Supervenience
322
DAVID LEWIS
19 Laws of Nature
325
FRED I. DRETSKE
20 The Evolutionary Contingency Thesis
338
JOHN BEATTY
21 Who's Afraid of Ceteris-Paribus Laws? (or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Them)
358
MARC LANGE
Part VI Natural Kinds and the Special Kinds of Special Sciences369
Introduction to Part VI
371
22 A Tradition of Natural Kinds
378
IAN HACKING
23 Evolution, Population Thinking, and Essentialism
388
ELLIOTT SOBER
24 Homeostasis, Species, and Higher Taxa
406
RICHARD BOYD
25 Some Puzzles about Species
427
PHILIP KITCHER
26 Special Sciences (or: The Disunity of Science as a Working Hypothesis)
445
JERRY A. FODOR
Part VII Singular Causation455
Introduction to Part VII
457
27 Causation and Recipes
461
DOUGLAS GASKING
28 Causation as Influence
466
DAVID LEWIS
29 Causation and the Flow of Energy
488
DAVID FAIR
Part VIII Probabilistic Causation, Causal Laws, and Chances505
Introduction to Part VIII
507
30 Probabilistic Causality
514
WESLEY C. SALMON
31 Causal Laws and Effective Strategies
533
NANCY CARTWRIGHT
32 The Propensity Interpretation of Fitness
545
SUSAN K. MILLS AND JOHN BEATTY
33 A Subjectivist's Guide to Objective Chance
560
DAVID LEWIS
Part IX Metaphysical Implications of Modern Physics585
Introduction to Part IX
587
34 On Einstein Minkowski Space-Time
594
HOWARD STEIN
35 What Price Spacetime Substantivalism? The Hole Story
605
JOHN EARMAN AND JOHN NORTON
36 The Genidentity of Quantum Particles
612
HANS REICHENBACH
37 Is the Moon There When Nobody Looks? Reality and the Quantum Theory
619
N. DAVID MERMIN
38 Part and Whole in Quantum Mechanics
634
TIM MAUDLIN
Index643

Notă biografică

Marc Lange is Professor of Philosophy at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He is the author of Natural Laws in Scientific Practice (2000) and An Introduction to the Philosophy of Physics: Locality, Fields, Energy, and Mass (Blackwell, 2002), as well as numerous articles.

Descriere

Philosophy of Science: An Anthology assembles some of the finest papers in the philosophy of science since 1945, showcasing enduring classics alongside important and innovative recent work.