Keywords:
Science--Philosophy--Congresses.
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Electronic books.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
Pages:
1 online resource (459 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9780080957685
Series Statement:
Issn Series ; v.Volume 49
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/geomar/detail.action?docID=579192
Language:
English
Note:
Front Cover -- Problem in the Philosopy of Science -- Copyright Page -- CONTENTS -- Preface -- CHAPTER 1. SCEPTICISM, THEOLOGY AND THE SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTION IN THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY -- Discussion -- Science and theology in the seventeenth century -- The greater danger - science or biblical criticism? -- Reply -- CHAPTER 2. THEORIES OF DEMARCATION BETWEEN SCIENCE AND METAPHYSICS -- Discussion -- Refutation by observation and refutation by theory -- Empiricism, refutability, rationality -- On a demarcation dispute -- Remarks on the problems of demarcation and of rationality -- Reply -- CHAPTER 3. THE MATURATION OF SCIENCE -- Discussion -- Science and philosophy of science -- Non-apparent depth, depth, and pseudo-depth -- Maturity, depth and objectivity in science -- Reply -- CHAPTER 4. SCIENTIFIC METHODOLOGY AND THE CAUSAL THEORY OF PERCEPTION -- Discussion -- Comment on Maxwell's paper -- Is there an epistemological problem of perception? -- Are all our common sense judgements false? -- Secondary qualities and the causal theory of per- ception -- Reply -- CHAPTER 5. A BUDGET OF PARADOXES IN PHYSICS -- Discussion -- Comment on Yourgrau's paper -- On so-called paradoxes in physics -- Reply -- CHAPTER 6. FORMAL LOGIC AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF KNOWLEDGE -- Discussion -- Definability in enlarged universes -- Revolutionary changes, non-translatability, and crucial experiments -- Reply -- CHAPTER 7. EPISTEMOLOGY AND EXPERIMENT: THE CASE OF MICHAEL FARADAY -- Discussion -- Faraday and mathematics -- The various funotions of experiment -- Mathematics, observation, and physical thought -- Reply -- CHAPTER 8. THE GENERAL THEORY OF RELATIVITY - CASE STUDY IN THE UNFOLDING OF NEW PHYSICAL CONCEPTS -- Discussion -- Principle of covariance or principle of impotence? -- Material frames and imperceptible "observables" -- Reply.
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CHAPTER 9. THE INFLUENCE OF EPISTEMOLOGICAL ANALYSIS ON SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH: 'LENGTH' AND 'TIME' IN THE SPECIAL THEORY OF RELATIVITY -- Discussion -- On an argument of Professor Juhos -- The nonoperational nature of theoretical concepts -- Reply -- CHAPTER 10. INFORMATION PROCESSING AND CHOICE BEHAVIOR -- Discussion -- Bayesian theory and randomization - resolution of a paradox -- Randomization in sample design -- Reply -- CHAPTER 11. INDIVIDUALISTIC AND FUNCTIONALISTIC EXPLANATIONS IN THE LIGHT OF GAME THEORY: THE EXAMPLE OF SOCIAL STATUS -- Discussion -- A note on individualistic explanations -- Reply -- CHAPTER 12. THE PRESENT STATE OF THEORY IN SOCIOLOGY -- Discussion -- Reward values as explanatory variables in social theories -- Reply -- CHAPTER 13. THE NEW IDEALISM - CAUSE AND MEANING IN THE SOCIAL SCIENCES -- Discussion -- The very idea of a social science -- Anthropomorphism in social science -- Reply -- CHAPTER 14. ANTI-DUALIST OUTLOOK AND SOCIAL ENQUIRY -- Discussion -- Interactionism - could experiments decide? -- Dr. Wisdom on the mind-body problem: a comment -- Reply.
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