Last edition Elsevier 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 certain evidence. Or compare the physical principle of the ‘conservation of energy’ and the general principle of ‘the unity of science’. Scientists agree that all such notions and principles aren’t as crystal clear as one might wish.
Last Edition
ISBN 13: 9780444515483
Imprint: North Holland
Language: English
Authors: Theo A.F. Kuipers
Pub Date: 07/2007
Pages: 708
Illus: Illustrated
Weight: 1,440.00 grams
Size: h 165 x 240 mm
Product Type: Hardcover
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- • An important task of the philosophy of the special sciences, such as philosophy of physics, of biology and of economics, to mention only a few of the many flourishing examples, is the clarification of such subject specific concepts and principles.
- • Similarly, an important task of 'general' philosophy of science is the clarification of concepts like 'confirmation' and principles like 'the unity of science'. It is evident that clarfication of concepts and principles only makes sense if one tries to do justice, as much as possible, to the actual use of these notions by scientists, without however following this use slavishly.
- • That is, occasionally a philosopher may have good reasons for suggesting to scientists that they should deviate from a standard use. Frequently, this amounts to a plea for differentiation in order to stop debates at cross-purposes due to the conflation of different meanings.
- • Comprehensive coverage of the philosophy of science written by leading philosophers in this field
- • Clear style of writing for an interdisciplinary audience
- • No specific pre-knowledge required
- Theo A.F. Kuipers, University of Gronigen, Netherlands
- 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)
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