Logic, laws, & life : some philosophical complications

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Logic, laws, & life : some philosophical complications

editor, Robert G. Colodny ; Leonard J. Savage ... [et al.]

(University of Pittsburgh series in the philosophy of science, v. 6)

University of Pittsburgh Press, c1977

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Essays which have grown out of lectures presented at the annual lecture series conducted by the Center for Philosophy of Science at the University of Pittsburgh

Includes bibliographical references and indexes

Contents of Works

  • Introduction / R.G. Colodny
  • The shifting foundations of statistics / L.J. Savage
  • Testing versus information models of statistical inference / R.N. Griere
  • Consilience of inductions and the problem of conceptual change in science / R.E. Butts
  • Is biology different from physics? / M. Ruse
  • Teleology and selective processes / P. Machamer
  • Reduction, reductionism, values, and progress in the biomedical sciences / K.F. Schaffner
  • Psychology and scientific inquiry / H. Cantril
  • Is observation theory-laden? / A. Shimony
  • Biology without consciousness / R. Efron
  • Psychology and societal facts / M. Mandelbaum

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