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Science, explanation, and rationality : aspects of the philosophy of Carl G. Hempel / edited by James H. Fetzer.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Oxford scholarship online.
- Oxford scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Hempel, Carl G. (Carl Gustav).
- Hempel, Carl G.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (373 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- New York ; Oxford University Press, 2023.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- In this volume, 13 philosophers clarify the problems to which Hempel was devoted. The result offers an explanation of key developments in the philosophy of science, particularly the development of logical empiricism as an intellectual influence.
- Contents:
- Contents; Contributors; Editor's Introduction; Prologue: An Intellectual Autobiography: Carl G. Hempel; Part I: Scientific Reasoning; Part II: Probability and Induction; Part III: The Covering-Law Models; Part IV: Theories and Predictions; Part V: Explanations of Behavior; Part VI: Scientific Rationality; Epilogue: The Spirit of Logical Empiricism: Carl G. Hempel's Role in Twentieth-Century Philosophy of Science; A Bibliography of Carl G. Hempel; Index of Names; Index of Subjects
- Notes:
- Previously issued in print: 2000.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-028389-0
- 0-19-773159-7
- 1-280-47067-4
- 0-19-535291-2
- 1-4237-6002-6
- OCLC:
- 609840285
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