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Philosophy of science
- Title
- Philosophy of science / edited by Anthony O'Hear.
- Publication
- Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2007.
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFE 08-842 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
Details
- Additional Authors
- O'Hear, Anthony.
- Description
- vii, 278 p. : ill.; 23 cm.
- Series Statement
- Royal Institute of Philosophy supplement ; 61
- Subject
- Science > Philosophy
- Note
- "This volume consists of the lectures given in the Royal Institute of Philosophy's annual lecture series in London in 2005-06."--P. v.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Scientific progress : beyond foundationalism and coherentism / Hasok Chang -- Action at a distance / Robin Le Poidevin -- Lessons from the history and philosophy of science regarding the Research Assessment Exercise / Donald Gillies -- The ravens revisited / Peter Lipton -- What's the point in scientific realism if we don't know what's really there? / Sophie R. Allen -- Miracles and models : why reports of the death of structural realism may be exaggerated / John Worrall -- Counter thought experiments / James Robert Brown -- Does physics answer metaphysical questions? / James Ladyman -- Natural kinds : rosy dawn, scholastic twilight / Ian Hacking -- Moral use of technology / James Garvey -- Is simplicity evidence of truth? / Adolf Grünbaum.
- Call Number
- JFE 08-842
- OCLC
- 183273743
- Title
- Philosophy of science / edited by Anthony O'Hear.
- Imprint
- Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2007.
- Series
- Royal Institute of Philosophy supplement ; 61
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Added Author
- O'Hear, Anthony. Editor
- Research Call Number
- JFE 08-842