General philosophy of science [electronic resource] : focal issues / edited by Theo A.F. Kuipers.
Scientists use concepts and principles that are partly specific for their subject matter, but they also share part of them with colleagues working in different fields. Compare the biological notion of a 'natural kind' with the general notion of 'confirmation' of a hypothesis by c...
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Amsterdam ; London :
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2007.
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- Explication in Philosophy of Science (Theo Kuipers)
- Laws, Theories, and Research Programs (Theo Kuipers)
- Past and Contemporary Perspectives on Explanation Varieties of explanation (Stathis Psillos)
- Evaluation of Theories (Ilkka Niiniluoto)
- The Role of Experiments in the Natural Sciences: Examples from Physics and Biology (Allan Franklin)
- The Role of Experiments in the Social Sciences: The Case of Economics (Wenceslao J. Gonzalez)
- Ontological, Epistemological, and Methodological Positions (James Ladyman)
- Reduction, Integration, and the Unity of Science: Natural, Behavioral, and Social Sciences and the Humanities (William Bechtel and Andrew Hamilton)
- Logical, Historical, and Computational Approaches (Atocha Aliseda and Donald Gillies)
- Demarcating Science from Non-science (Martin Mahner)
- History of the Philosophy of Science (Friedrich Stadler)