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Logic, laws, & life : some philosophical complications / editor, Robert G. Colodny ; Leonard J. Savage ... [et al.].
- Title
- Logic, laws, & life : some philosophical complications / editor, Robert G. Colodny ; Leonard J. Savage ... [et al.].
- Publication
- Pittsburgh : University of Pittsburgh Press, c1977.
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- Description
- xiv, 258 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
- Series Statement
- University of Pittsburgh series in the philosophy of science ; v. 6
- Uniform Title
- University of Pittsburgh series in the philosophy of science ; v. 6.
- Subject
- Life sciences > Philosophy
- Note
- Essays which have grown out of lectures presented at the annual lecture series conducted by the Center for Philosophy of Science at the University of Pittsburgh.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Colodny, R. G. Introduction.--Savage, L. J. The shifting foundations of statistics.--Griere, R. N. Testing versus information models of statistical inference.--Butts, R. E. Consilience of inductions and the problem of conceptual change in science.--Ruse, M. Is biology different from physics?--Machamer, P. Teleology and selective processes.--Schaffner, K. F. Reduction, reductionism, values, and progress in the biomedical sciences.--Cantril, H. Psychology and scientific inquiry.--Shimony, A. Is observation theory-laden?--Efron, R. Biology without consciousness--and its consequences.--Mandelbaum, M. Psychology and societal facts.
- ISBN
- 0822933462 :
- LCCN
- ^^^76050886^
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library