The Structure and Development of Science
TIus is the second, and fmal, volume to derive from the exciting Kronberg conference of 1975, and to show the intelligent editorial care of Gerard Radnitzky and Gunnar Andersson that was so evident in the first book, Progress and Rationality in Science (Boston Studies in the Philosophy of Science, V...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Dordrecht
Springer Netherlands
1979, 1979
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 1979 |
| Series: | Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science
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| Collection: | Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- Presuppositions, Problems, Progress
- I: Metaphysics and the Development of Science
- Some Issues Regarding the Completeness of Science and the Limits of Scientific Knowledge
- A Consideration of the Philosophical Implications of the New Physics
- Dialogue on Method
- Presuppositions and limits of Science
- II: Research Programs and the Development of Science
- A Combined Approach to the Dynamics of Theories. How to Improve Historical Interpretations of Theory Change by Applying Set Theoretical Structures
- Reflections on Lakatos’ Methodology of Scientific Research Programs
- The Lattice of Growth in Knowledge
- Justifying a Theory Versus Giving Good Reasons for Preferring a Theory On the Big Divide in the Philosophy of Science
- Methodology in Non-Empirical Disciplines
- Biographical Notes
- Author Index