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Theories and observation in science, edited by Richard E. Grandy.
- Title
- Theories and observation in science, edited by Richard E. Grandy.
- Author
- Grandy, Richard E.
- Publication
- Englewood Cliffs, N.J., Prentice-Hall [1973]
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Request in advance | Q158.5 .G7 | Off-site |
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- Additional Authors
- Quine, W. V. (Willard Van Orman)
- Description
- viii, 183, [1] p. illus.; 21 cm.
- Series Statement
- Central issues in philosophy series
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Aufsatzsammlung.
- Association copies (Provenance)
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (page 184).
- Contents
- Mach, E. The economical nature of physics.--Campbell, N. Definition of a theory.--Carnap, R. Testability and meaning.--Braithwaite, R. B. The nature of theoretical concepts and the role of models in an advanced science.--Hempel, C. G. The empiricist criteria of cognitive significance: problems and changes.--Scheffler, I. Prospects of a modest empiricism, I.--Smart, J. J. C. The reality of theoretical entities.--Maxwell, G. Theories, frameworks, and ontology.--Putnam, H. What theories are not.--Jeffrey, R. C. Review of Putnam.--Hanson, N. R. Observation.--Feyerabend, P. K. On the interpretation of scientific theories.--Quine, W. V. O. Posits and reality. Achinstein, P. On meaning-dependence.--Feyerabend, P. K. On the "meaning" of scientific terms.--Bibliographical essay (p. [184])
- ISBN
- 013913400X
- 0139133925 (pbk.)
- LCCN
- ^^^72005316^
- OCLC
- 668049
- SCSB-11674887
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library