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Readings in the philosophy of science. 2 ed / compil. Baruch Brody ; co-aut. Richard Grandy Nível de parte analítica: Teleology redux • Reduction on teleological sciences • Functional analysis • Explanation and teleology • Mechanistic explanation and organismic biology • Twin sisters : philosophy and geometry • Nature of geometry • Relativity of space • Logic of discovery : an analysis of three approaches • Why was the logic of discovery abandoned? • Logic of scientific discovery? • Philosophy of science naturalized • Theories to research traditions • Objectivity, value judgment, and theory choice • Role of crucial experiments in science • Relevant evidence • Inference to the best explanation • Implications of personal probability for induction • New riddle of induction • Inductive logic • Statistical and inductive probability • Studies in the logic of confirmation • Laws of nature • Causes and conditions • Causation as explanation • Pragmatics of explanation • Can there be a model of explanation? • Towards an aristotelean theory of scientific explanation • Truth doesn't explain much • Statistical explanation and its models • Studies in the logic of explanation • Two dogmas of methodology • Reason, reference, and the quest for knowledge • How to be a good empiricist : a plea for tolerance in matters epistemological • Not anti-realism either • Explanation and reference • Anti-realist epistemology of van fraassen's the scientific image • Reality if causes in a world of instrumental laws • Save the phenomena • Models and theories • See through a microscope? • Ontological status of theoretical entities • Logical appraisal of operationism • Theories as partially interpreted formal systemsPublicação: New Jersey : Prentice Hall, 1989Descrição: 530 p.Disponibilidade:
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