Philosophy of Science: Contemporary ReadingsYuri Balashov, Alexander Rosenberg Psychology Press, 2002 - 522 páginas This comprehensive anthology draws together writings by leading philosophers on the philosophy of science. Each section is prefaced by an introductory essay from the editors, guiding students gently into the topic. Accessible and wide-ranging, the text draws on both contemporary and twentieth century sources. The readings are designed to complement Alex Rosenberg's textbook, Philosophy of Science: A Contemporary Introduction (Routledge 2000), but can also serve as a stand-alone volume in any philosophy of science course. Includes readings from the following leading philosophers: Achinstein, Anderson, Bloor, Earman, Feyerabend, Gutting, Hanson, Hempel, Kitcher, Kuhn, Laudan, Leplin, Mackie, McMullin, Nagel, Popper, Quine, Rosenberg, Russell, Salmon, Schlick, Shapere, Van Fraassen. |
Contenido
Introduction | 3 |
Moritz Schlick The Future of Philosophy | 8 |
Alex Rosenberg Biology and Its Philosophy Questions | 22 |
Further Reading | 35 |
EXPLANATION CAUSATION AND LAWS | 37 |
Introduction | 39 |
Carl Hempel Two Models of Scientific Explanation | 45 |
Bas van Fraassen The Pragmatics of Explanation | 56 |
35 | 183 |
Introduction | 193 |
Larry Laudan A Confutation of Convergent Realism | 211 |
Gary Gutting Scientific Realism versus Constructive | 234 |
39 | 247 |
Ernan McMullin A Case for Scientific Realism | 248 |
45 | 268 |
56 | 275 |
Philip Kitcher Explanatory Unification and the Causal Structure of the World | 71 |
Causation and Unification | 92 |
J L Mackie The Logic of Conditionals | 106 |
John Earman Laws of Nature | 115 |
Questions | 125 |
Further Reading | 126 |
SCIENTIFIC THEORIES AND CONCEPTUAL CHANGE | 127 |
Introduction | 129 |
Ernest Nagel Experimental Laws and Theories | 132 |
X | 136 |
3 | 141 |
8 | 148 |
Philip Kitcher Theories Theorists and Theoretical Change | 163 |
34 | 182 |
Introduction | 285 |
Conjectures and Refutations | 294 |
Karl Popper Darwinism as a Metaphysical Research | 302 |
92 | 320 |
N Russell Hanson Seeing and Seeing As | 321 |
W V Quine Two Dogmas of Empiricism | 340 |
Larry Laudan and Jarrett Leplin Empirical Equivalence | 362 |
Wesley Salmon Bayess Theorem and The History | 385 |
SCIENCE IN CONTEXT THE CHALLENGE | 405 |
Thomas Kuhn Objectivity Value Judgment and Theory | 421 |
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