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Historical and philosophical perspectives of sciences. Edited by Roger H. Stuewer.

Title
Historical and philosophical perspectives of sciences. Edited by Roger H. Stuewer.
Publication
Minneapolis, Univ. of Minnesota Press [©1970]

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Stuewer, Roger H.
Description
xix, 384 pages.
Series Statement
Minnesota studies in the philosophy of science, v. 5
Uniform Title
Minnesota studies in the philosophy of science ; v. 5.
Subject
  • Science > Philosophy
  • Science > Historiography
  • Science > History
  • Philosophy > history
  • Science > history
  • Science
  • Science > Historiography
  • Science > Philosophy
  • Science > History
Genre/Form
History
Note
  • "All but two of the papers ... were delivered or informally discussed at a conference ... held at the University of Minnesota, September 11-14, 1969."
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographies.
Contents
Feigl, H. Beyond peaceful coexistence. -- McMullin, E. The history and philosophy of science: a taxonomy. -- Salmon, W.C. Bayes's theorem and the history of science. -- Achinstein, P. Inference to scientific laws. -- Thackray, A. Science: has its present past a future? -- Hesse, M. Hermeticism and historiography: an apology for the internal history of science. -- Rosen, E. Was Copernicus a hermetist? -- Feyerabend, P.K. Philosophy of science: a subject with a great past. -- Hiebert, E.N. Mach's philosophical use of the history of science. -- Buchdahl, G. History of science and criteria of choice. -- Stuewer, R.H. Non-Einsteinian interpretations of the photoelectric effect. -- Stein, H. On the notion of field in Newton, Maxwell, and beyond. -- Schaffner, K.F. Outlines of a logic of comparative theory evaluation with special attention to pre- and post-relativistic electrodynamics.
ISBN
  • 9780816605927
  • 0816605920
LCCN
57012861
OCLC
  • ocm82200315
  • 82200315
  • SCSB-473929
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library