The process of science : contemporary philosophical approaches to understanding scientific practice

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The process of science : contemporary philosophical approaches to understanding scientific practice

Nancy J. Nersessian, editor

(Science and philosophy)

M. Nijhoff, 1987

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Includes bibliographies

収録内容

  • Method in the philosophy of science and epistemology / Dudley Shapere
  • 'Twixt method and madness / Thomas Nickles
  • Historical realism and contextual objectivity / Marjorie Grene
  • Research problems and the understanding of science / William Berkson
  • Twenty years after / Joseph Agassi
  • The semantic approach to scientific theories / Bas C. van Frassen
  • The garden in the machine / Sandra Harding
  • The cognitive study of science / Ronald N. Giere
  • A cognitive-historical approach to meaning in scientific theories / Nancy J. Nersessian
  • Naturalizing observation / Harold I. Brown
  • Realist methodology in genetics / Richard M. Burian
  • Parsimony and the units of selection / Elliott Sober

内容説明・目次

内容説明

For some time now the philosophy of science has been undergoing a major transfor mation. It began when the 'received view' of scientific knowledge -that developed by logical positivists and their intellectual descendants - was challenged as bearing little resemblance to and having little relevance for the understanding of real science. Subsequently, an overwhelming amount of criticism has been added. One would be hard-pressed to find anyone who would support the 'received view' today. Yet, in the search for a new analysis of scientific knowledge, this view continues to exert influence over the tenor of much of present-day philosophy of science; in particular, over its problems and its methods of analysis. There has, however, emerged an area within the discipline - called by some the 'new philosophy of science' - that has been engaged in transforming the problems and methods of philosophy of science. While there is far from a consensus of beliefs in this area, most of the following contentions would be affirmed by those working in it: - that science is an open-ended, on-going activity, whose character has changed significantly during its history - that science is not a monolithic enterprise - that good science can lead to false theories - that science has its roots in everyday circumstances, needs, methods, concepts, etc.

目次

Method in the philosophy of science and epistemology: How to inquire about inquiry and knowledge.- 'Twixt method and madness.- Historical realism and contextual objectivity: A developing perspective in the philosophy of science.- Research problems and the understanding of science.- Twenty years after.- The semantic approach to scientific theories.- The garden in the machine: Gender relations, the processes of science, and feminist epistemological strategies.- The cognitive study of science.- A cognitive - historical approach to meaning in scientific theories.- Naturalizing observation.- Realist methodology in genetics.- Parsimony and the units of selection.

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