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