Reality and rationality / Wesley C. Salmon ; edited by Phil Dowe and Merrilee H. Salmon.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Salmon, Wesley C., author.

Contributor:

Dowe, Phil, editor.

Salmon, Merrilee H., editor.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Science--Philosophy.

Science.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (300 p.)

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; Oxford University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The late Wesley C. Salmon was a major figure in 20th century philosophy of science whose influential work focused on the nature of scientific explanation and the epistemiology of science. This is a collection of his articles.

Contents:

Contents; I. Reality: Introduction; 1. Realism and Empiricism: The Key Question; 2. Scientific Realism in the Empiricist Tradition; 3. An Empiricist Argument for Realism; II. Rationality: Introduction; 4. Plausibility Arguments in Science; 5. Discovery and Justification; 6. Rationality and Objectivity in Science; 7. Revisions of Scientific Convictions; 8. Dynamic Rationality; 9. Hume's Arguments on Cosmology and Design; 10. The ""Almost-Deduction"" Theory; 11. The ""Partial-Entailment"" Theory; 12. Confirmation and Relevance; Notes; References; Bibliography of Works; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F

GH; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W

Notes:

Formerly CIP.

Previously issued in print: 2005.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-276) and index.

Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.

ISBN:

0-19-773146-5

1-280-56056-8

9786610560561

0-19-534642-4

1-4237-6193-6

1-60256-538-4

OCLC:

191038444