Philosophy of science : contemporary readings / edited by Yuri Balashov and Alex Rosenberg.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Balashov, Yuri, 1960-

Rosenberg, Alexander, 1946-

Series:

Routledge contemporary readings in philosophy

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Science--Philosophy.

Science.

Physical Description:

xiii, 522 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2002.

Summary:

"Philosophy of Science: Contemporary Readings" is a comprehensive anthology that draws together leading philosophers writing on the major themes in the philosophy of science. Sections are: Science and Philosophy; Explanation; Causation and Laws; Scientific Theories and Conceptual Change; Scientific Realism; Testing and Confirmation of Theories; and Science in Context. Each section is prefaced by an introductory essay by the editors. The readings are designed to complement" Philosophy of Science: A Contemporary Introduction" (Routledge 2000), though the anthology can also be used as a stand-alone volume.

Contents:

Part I Science and Philosophy

1 Moritz Schlick, "The Future of Philosophy" 8

2 Alex Rosenberg, "Biology and Its Philosophy" 22

Part II Explanation, Causation, and Laws

3 Carl Hempel, "Two Models of Scientific Explanation" 45

4 Bas van Fraassen, "The Pragmatics of Explanation" 56

5 Philip Kitcher, "Explanatory Unification and the Causal Structure of the World" 71

6 Wesley C. Salmon, "Scientific Explanation: Causation and Unification" 92

7 J.L. Mackie, "The Logic of Conditionals" 106

8 John Earman, "Laws of Nature" 115

Part III Scientific Theories and Conceptual Change

9 Ernest Nagel, "Experimental Laws and Theories" 132

10 Paul Feyerabend, "Explanation, Reduction, and Empiricism" 141

11 Philip Kitcher, "Theories, Theorists and Theoretical Change" 163

Part IV Scientific Realism

12 Ernest Nagel, "The Cognitive Status of Theories" 197

13 Larry Laudan, "A Confutation of Convergent Realism" 211

14 Gary Gutting, "Scientific Realism versus Constructive Empiricism: A Dialogue" 234

15 Ernan McMullin, "A Case for Scientific Realism" 248

Part V Testing and Confirmation of Theories

16 Bertrand Russell, "On Induction" 289

17 Karl Popper, "Science: Conjectures and Refutations" 294

18 Karl Popper, "Darwinism as a Metaphysical Research Programme" 302

19 Charles Darwin, "Difficulties of the Theory" 305

20 Peter Achinstein, "The Grue Paradox" 307

21 N. Russell Hanson, "Seeing and Seeing As" 321

22 W.V. Quine, "Two Dogmas of Empiricism" 340

23 Larry Laudan and Jarrett Leplin, "Empirical Equivalence and Underdetermination" 362

24 Wesley Salmon, "Bayes's Theorem and The History of Science" 385

Part VI Science in Context: The Challenge of History and Sociology

25 Dudley Shapere, "The Structure of Scientific Revolutions" 410

26 Thomas Kuhn, "Objectivity, Value Judgment, and Theory Choice" 421

27 David Bloor, "The Strong Programme in the Sociology of Knowledge" 438

28 Elizabeth Anderson, "Feminist Epistemology: An Interpretation and a Defense" 459

29 Ernan McMullin, "The Social Dimensions of Science" 489.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 502-506) and index.

ISBN:

0415257816

0415257824

OCLC:

46937540