Nomic Inference An Introduction to the Logic of Scientific Inquiry
Those who speak of the philosophy of science do not all have the same sort of study in mind. For some it is speculation about the overall nature of the world. Others take it to be basic theory of knowledge and perception. And for still others, it is a branch of philosophical analysis focused speci...
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Dordrecht
Springer Netherlands
1974, 1974
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 1974 |
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Table of Contents:
- I. Analytical Philosophy of Science
- A. What is the Philosophy of Science?
- B. Methods of Analytical Philosophy
- C. Methods of Analytical Philosophy of Science
- D. The Analytical Account of Science
- E. Philosophical Analysis of Science and a Theory of Science
- II. What Science is: An Introductory Consideration
- A. Science and Non-Science
- B. Science and Common Sense
- C. Some Distinguishing Features of Science
- D. Distinctive Aspects of Control on Scientific Inferences
- E. Empiricist Background and Significance
- III. Ampliative Science
- (I) Discovery
- (II) Acceptance
- IV. Subsumptive Science A. Systemization
- A Broad Distinction: Ampliative and Subsumptive Inference
- B. Nomic Inferences: Introductory Background
- C. Nomic Inferences with Singular Conclusions
- D. Explanation, a Species of Nomic Inference
- E. A Detour: The Causal Relation
- F. Back to Explanation Again
- G. Patterns of Nomic Inference
- H. Summary
- V. Other Aspects of Nomic Inference
- A. Are There non-Nomic Explanations?
- B. Functional (Teleological) Accounts
- C. Derivations: Nomic Inferences with Nomic Conclusions
- D. Probabilistic Nomic Inference
- E. Summary
- VI. Nomic Statements (I): Scientific Laws
- A. Introduction: Necessary Truth, Logic and Factual Science
- B. Universal Laws
- C. Statistical Laws
- D. Summary
- VII. Nomic Statements (II): Theories, Models, Analogy
- A. Theory and Observational Laws
- B. The Formal Structuring of Theories
- C. Models
- D. Formalization and Scientific Theory
- E. Analogical Content in Theories
- F. Recapitulation: What is a Scientific Theory?
- VIII. Glimpses Beyond
- A. Overview
- B. Conventionalistic Trends
- C. Incommensurability; Non-reduction and Non-accumulation of Scientific Knowledge
- D. Non-methodism
- E. The History and Philosophyof Science