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The Process of science : contemporary philosophical approaches to understanding scientific practice / Nancy J. Nersessian, editor.

Van Pelt Library Q175.3 .P785 1987
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Format:
Book
Contributor:
Nersessian, Nancy J.
Series:
Science and philosophy
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Science--Philosophy.
Science.
Science--Methodology.
Physical Description:
xii, 221 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Place of Publication:
Dordrecht ; Boston : M. Nijhoff ; Hingham, MA, USA : Distributors for the United States and Canada, Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1987.
Contents:
Method in the philosophy of science and epistemology / Dudley Shapere
'Twixt method and madness / Thomas Nickles
Historical realism and contextual objectivity / Marjorie Grene
Research problems and the understanding of science / William Berkson
Twenty years after / Joseph Agassi
The semantic approach to scientific theories / Bas C. van Fraassen
The garden in the machine / Sandra Harding
The cognitive study of science / Ronald N. Giere
A cognitive-historical approach to meaning in scientific theories / Nancy J. Nersessian
Naturalizing observation / Harold I. Brown
Realist methodology in genetics / Richard M. Burian
Parsimony and the units of selection / Elliott Sober.
Notes:
Includes bibliographies.
ISBN:
9024734258
OCLC:
14359711

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