A companion to the philosophy of science /
"A Companion to the Philosophy of Science serves as both a course text and a reference book across the broad spectrum of issues of concern in the philosophy of science." "Taken as a whole, the volume provides an unparalleled survey of all the topical areas, major methods, and stances....
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| 505 | 0 | 0 | |t Axiomatization / |r F. Suppe -- |t Berkeley / |r M. Hughes -- |t Biology / |r P. Thompson -- |t Bohr / |r D. Murdoch -- |t Causation / |r P. Humphreys -- |t Cognitive approaches to science / |r R.N. Giere -- |t Computing / |r L. Burkholder -- |t Confirmation, paradoxes of / |r J.D. Trout -- |t Convention, role of / |r L. Sklar -- |t Craig's theorem / |r F. Suppe -- |t Darwin / |r S. Okasha -- |t Definitions / |r F. Suppe -- |t Descartes / |r T. Sorell -- |t Discovery / |r T. Nickles -- |t Dispositions and powers / |r R. Harré -- |t Einstein / |r C. Ray -- |t Evidence and confirmation / |r C. Howson -- |t Experiment / |r D.C. Gooding -- |t Explanation / |r W.H. Newton-Smith -- |t Feminist accounts of science / |r K. Okruhlik -- |t Feyerabend / |r J. Preston -- |t Galileo / |r R.E. Butts -- |t History, role in the philosophy of science / |r B. Larvor -- |t Holism / |r C. Hookway -- |t Hume / |r W.H. Newton-Smith -- |t Idealization / |r Y. Ben-Menahem -- |t Incommensurability / |r M.A. Khalidi -- |t Induction and the uniformity of nature / |r C. Howson -- |t Inference to the best explanation / |r P. Lipton. |
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| 505 | 0 | 0 | |t Russell / |r P.J. Hager -- |t Scientific change / |r D. Shapere -- |t Scientific methodology / |r G. Gutting -- |t Simplicity / |r E. Sober -- |t Social factors in science / |r J.R. Brown -- |t Social science, philosophy of / |r A. Rosenberg -- |t Space, time, and relativity / |r L. Sklar -- |t Statistical explanation / |r C.R. Hitchcock, W.C. Salmon -- |t Supervenience and determination / |r W. Seager -- |t Technology, philosophy of / |r M. Tiles -- |t Teleological explanation / |r A. Woodfield -- |t Theoretical terms: meaning and reference / |r P. Percival -- |t Theories / |r R.N. Giere -- |t Theory identity / |r F. Suppe -- |t Thought experiments / |r J.R. Brown -- |t Underdetermination of theory by data / |r W.H. Newton-Smith -- |t Unification of theories / |r J.W. McAllister -- |t The unity of science / |r C.A. Hooker -- |t Values in science / |r E. McMullin -- |t Verisimilitude / |r C. Brink -- |t Whewell / |r J. Wettersten. |
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