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The Routledge companion to philosophy of science
- Title
- The Routledge companion to philosophy of science / edited by Stathis Psillos and Martin Curd.
- Publication
- London ; New York : Routledge, 2008.
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- Description
- xxvii, 619 pages : illustrations; 26 cm.
- Summary
- This indispensable reference source and guide to the major themes, debates, problems and topics in philosophy of science contains fifty-five specially commissioned entries by a leading team of international contributors. Organized into four parts it covers: Historical and Philosophical Context Debates Concepts The Individual Sciences The Companion covers everything students of philosophy of science need to know - from empiricism, explanation and experiment to causation, observation, prediction and more - and contains many helpful features including: a section on the individual sciences, including chapters on the philosophy of biology, chemistry, physics and psychology, further reading and cross-referencing at the end of each chapter.
- Series Statement
- Routledge philosophy companions
- Uniform Title
- Routledge philosophy companions
- Alternative Title
- Philosophy of science
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Textbooks (form)
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- The epistemology of science after Quine / Paul A. Roth -- The history of philosophy and the philosophy of science / Joanne Waugh and Roger Ariew -- Metaphysics / Stephen Mumford -- Philosophy of language / Rod Bertolet -- The role of logic in philosophy of science / Diderik Batens -- Critical rationalsim / Gurol Irzik -- The historical turn in the philosophy of science / Alexander Bird -- Logical empiricism / Thomas Uebel -- Pragmatism and science / Robert Almeder -- Bayesianism / Colin Howson -- Confirmation / Alan Hajek and James M. Joyce -- Empiricism / Elliott Sober -- Essentialism and natural kinds / Brian Elis -- Ethics of science / David B. Resnik -- Experiment / Theodore Arabatzis -- Explanation / James Woodward -- The feminist approach to the philosophy of science / Cassandra L. Pinnick -- Inference to the best explanation / Peter Lipton -- Laws of nature / Marc Lange -- Naturalism / Ronald N. Giere -- Realism/anti-realism / Michael Devitt -- Relativism about science / Maria Baghramian -- Scientific method / Howard Sankey -- Social studies of science / Robert Nola -- The structure of theories / Steven French -- Theory-change in science / John Worrall -- Undeterminination / Igor Douven -- Values in science / Gerald Doppelt -- Causation / Christopher Hitchcock -- Determinism / Barry Loewer -- Evidence / Peter Achinstein -- Function / D.M. Walsh -- Idealization / James Ladyman -- Measurement / Hasok Chang and Nancy Cartwright -- Mechanisms / Stuart Glennan -- Moels / Demetris Portides -- Observation / Andre Kukla -- Prediction / Malcolm Forster -- Probability / Maria Carla Galavotti -- Reduction / Sahotra Sarkar -- Representation in science / Paul Teller -- Scientific discovery / Thomas Nickles -- Space and time / Oliver Pooley -- Symmetry / Margaret Morrison -- Truthlikeness / Graham Oddie -- Unification / Todd Jones -- The virtues of a good theory / Ernan McMullin -- Biology / Alexander Rosenberg -- Cheminstry / Robin Findlay Hendry -- Cognitive science / Paul Thagard -- Economics / Uskali Maki -- Mathematics / Peter Clark -- Physics / Simon Saunders -- Psychology / Richard Samuels -- Social sciences / Harold Kincaid.
- ISBN
- 9780415354035
- 041535403X
- 9780203000502
- 0203000501
- LCCN
- 2007020000
- OCLC
- ocn132681452
- 132681452
- SCSB-1462200
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library