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Philosophical problems of natural science / Dudly Shapere.
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Shapere, Dudley, editor.
- Series:
- Sources in philosophy
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Science--Philosophy.
- Science.
- Science--Philosophy--History--20th century.
- Penn Provenance:
- Adams, Mark B. (former owner) (autograph) (Adams copy)
- Physical Description:
- 4 unnumbered pages, 124 pages ; 21 cm.
- 8vo.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Macmillan Company, 1965.
- London : Collier-Macmillan Ltd.
- Contents:
- The theoretician's dilemma: a study in the logic of theory construction / Carl G. Hempel
- What is a law of nature? / Arthur Pap
- Probability and inductive logic / Rudolf Carnap
- An introduction to simplicity / Richard Rudner
- Paradigms and some misinterpretations of science / Thomas Kuhn
- Physical theory, mathematics, and experiment / Pierre Duhem
- The role of models in scientific theory / Mary Hesse
- Ideals of natural order / Stephen Toulmin.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (page 124 and bibliographical footnotes).
- Local Notes:
- Kislak Center copy gifted by Dr. Mark B. Adams in 2018.
- Kislak Center copy is third printing, 1966.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Shapere, Dudley. Philosophical problems of natural science.
- OCLC:
- 523836
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