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A companion to the philosophy of science
Publisher
Blackwell Publishers
Publication Date
2000
Language
English
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1. Axiomatization / Frederick Suppe
2. Berkeley / M. Hughes
3. Biology / Paul Thompson
4. Bohr / Dugald Murdoch
5. Causation / Paul Humphreys
6. Cognitive Approaches to Science / Ronald N. Giere
7. Computing / Leslie Burkholder
8. Confirmation, Paradoxes of / J. D. Trout
9. Convention, Role of / Lawrence Sklar
10. Craig's Theorem / Frederick Suppe
11. Darwin / Samir Okasha
12. Definitions / Frederick Suppe
13. Descartes / Tom Sorell
14. Discovery / Thomas Nickles
15. Dispositions and Powers / Rom Harre
16. Einstein / Christopher Ray
17. Evidence and Confirmation / Colin Howson
18. Experiment / David C. Gooding
19. Explanation / W. H. Newton-Smith
20. Feminist Accounts of Science / Kathleen Okruhlik
21. Feyerabend / John Preston
22. Galileo / Robert E. Butts
23. History, Role in the Philosophy of Science / Brendan Larvor
24. Holism / Christopher Hookway
25. Hume / W. H. Newton-Smith
26. Idealization / Yemima Ben-Menahem
27. Incommensurability / Muhammad Ali Khalidi
28. Induction and the Uniformity of Nature / Colin Howson
29. Inference to the Best Explanation / Peter Lipton
30. Judgment, Role in Science / Harold I. Brown
31. Kuhn / Richard Rorty
32. Lakatos / Thomas Nickles
33. Laws of Nature / Rom Harre
34. Leibniz / William Seager
35. Locke / G. A. J. Rogers
36. Logical Empiricism / Wesley C. Salmon
37. Logical Positivism / Christopher Ray
38. Mach / Gereon Wolters
39. Mathematics, Role in Science / James Robert Brown
40. Measurement / J. D. Trout
41. Metaphor in Science / Eleonora Montuschi
42. Metaphysics, Role in Science / William Seager
43. Mill / Geoffrey Scarre
44. Models and Analogies / Mary Hesse
45. Naturalism / Ronald N. Giere
46. Natural Kinds / John Dupre
47. Newton / Richard S. Westfall
48. Observation and Theory / Peter Achinstein
49. Peirce / Cheryl Misak
50. Physicalism / William Seager
51. Popper / John Watkins
52. Pragmatic Factors in Theory Acceptance / John Worrall
53. Probability / Philip Percival
54. Qualities, Primary and Secondary / G. A. J. Rogers
55. Quantum Mechanics / Richard Healey
56. Quine / Lars Bergstrom
57. Ramsey Sentences / Frederick Suppe
58. Realism and Instrumentalism / Jarrett Leplin
59. Reductionism / John Dupre
60. Relativism / James W. McAllister
61. Russell / Paul J. Hager
62. Scientific Change / Dudley Shapere
63. Scientific Methodology / Gary Gutting
64. Simplicity / Elliott Sober
65. Social Factors in Science / James Robert Brown
66. Social Science, Philosophy of / Alex Rosenberg
67. Space, Time, and Relativity / Lawrence Sklar
68. Statistical Explanation / Christopher Read Hitchcock and Wesley C. Salmon
69. Supervenience and Determination / William Seager
70. Technology, Philosophy of / Mary Tiles
71. Teleological Explanation / Andrew Woodfield
72. Theoretical Terms: Meaning and Reference / Philip Percival
73. Theories / Ronald N. Giere
74. Theory Identity / Frederick Suppe
75. Thought Experiments / James Robert Brown
76. Underdetermination of Theory by Data / W. H. Newton-Smith
77. Unification of Theories / James W. McAllister
78. Unity of Science / C. A. Hooker
79. Values in Science / Ernan McMullin
80. Verisimilitude / Chris Brink
81. Whewell / John Wettersten.
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