Description |
xix, 384 pages ; 24 cm |
Series |
Minnesota studies in the philosophy of science ; v. 5 |
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Minnesota studies in the philosophy of science ; v. 5
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Contents |
Feigl, H. Beyond peaceful coexistence.--McMullin, E. The history and philosophy of science: a taxonomy.--Salmon, W. C. Bayes's theorem and the history of science.--Achinstein, P. Inference to scientific laws.--Thackray, A. Science: has its present past a future?--Hesse, M. Hermeticism and historiography: an apology for the internal history of science.--Rosen, E. Was Copernicus a hermetist?--Feyerabend, P. K. Philosophy of science: a subject with a great past.--Hiebert, E. N. Mach's philosophical use of the history of science.--Buchdahl, G. History of science and criteria of choice.--Stuewer, R. H. Non-Einsteinian interpretations of the photoelectric effect.--Stein, H. On the notion of field in Newton, Maxwell, and beyond.--Schaffner, K. F. Outlines of a logic of comparative theory evaluation with special attention to pre- and post-relativistic electrodynamics |
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ANALYTIC |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographies and indexes |
Subject |
Science -- Historiography.
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Science -- History.
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Science -- Philosophy.
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Author |
Stuewer, Roger H.
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University of Minnesota. Center for Philosophy of Science
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LC no. |
57012861 |
ISBN |
0816605920 |
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