This volume presentsa definitive introduction to the core areas of philosophy of science.
Das E-Book The Blackwell Guide to the Philosophy of Science wird angeboten von John Wiley & Sons und wurde mit folgenden Begriffen kategorisiert:
Philosophie, Philosophie in den Naturwissenschaften, Philosophy, Philosophy of Science
قائمة المحتويات
Notes on Contributors vii
Preface x
1.A Brief Historical Introduction to the Philosophy of Science 1
Peter Machamer
2.Philosophy of Science: Classic Debates, Standard Problems, Future Prospects 18
John Worrall
3.Explanation 37
Jim Woodward
4.Structures of Scientific Theories 55
Carl F. Craver
5.Reduction, Emergence and Explanation 80
Michael Silberstein
6.Models, Metaphors and Analogies 108
Daniela Bailer-Jones
7.Experiment and Observation 128
James Bogen
8.Induction and Probability 149
Alan Hajek and Ned Hall
9.Philosophy of Space-Time Physics 173
Craig Callender and Carl Hoefer
10.Interpreting Quantum Theories 199
Laura Ruetsche
11.Evolution 227
Roberta L. Millstein
12.Molecular and Developmental Biology 252
Paul Griffiths
13.Cognitive science 272
Rick Grush
14.Philosophy of Social Science 290
Harold Kincaid
15.Feminist Philosophy of Science 312
Lynn Hankinson Nelson
Index 332
عن المؤلف
Peter Machamer is Professor of History and Philosophy of
Science at the University of Pittsburgh. He is editor of the
Cambridge Companion to Galileo (1998), Scientific
Controversies (2000), and Theory and Method in the
Neurosciences (2001).
Michael Silberstein is Associate Professor of Philosophy
at Elizabethtown College. He is an NEH Fellow who has published and
delivered papers on both philosophy of science and philosophy of
mind.
المزيد من الكتب الإلكترونية من نفس المؤلف (المؤلفين) / محرر
43٬352 كتب إلكترونية في هذه الفئة
