Reason and rationality in natural science : a group of essays

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Reason and rationality in natural science : a group of essays

edited by Nicholas Rescher

(CPS publications in philosophy of science)

University Press of America , Center for Philosophy of Science, University of Pittsburgh, c1985

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  • pbk. : alk. paper

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Includes bibliographies and index

Contents of Works

  • Science and the epistemic authority of logical analysis / Jay F. Rosenberg
  • Varieties of understanding / Robert Brandom
  • Theory families, plausibility, and the defense of modest realism / Rom Harré
  • Scientific rationality and its reconstruction / Jürgen Mittelstrass
  • Conservation and the data base / William Lycan
  • Darwin's achievement / Philip Kitcher
  • A purley scientific temper' : Victorian expressions of the ideal of an autonomous science / Robert E. Butts

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alk. paper ISBN 9780819147639

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A collection of essays on fundamental issues regarding scientific knowledge. Contents: Systematic Essays: Science and the Epistemic Authority of Logical Analysis, Jay F. Rosenberg; Varieties of Understanding, Robert Brandom; Theory Families, Plausibility and the Defense of Modest Realism, Rom Harre; Scientific Rationality and Its Reconstruction, Jurgen Mittelstrass; Conservatism and the Data Base, William Lycan. Historical Essays: Darwin's Achievement, Philip Kitcher; "A Purely Scientific Temper": Victorian Expressions of the Ideal of an Autonomous Science, Robert E. Butts.
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pbk. : alk. paper ISBN 9780819147646

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A collection of essays on fundamental issues regarding scientific knowledge. Contents: Systematic Essays: Science and the Epistemic Authority of Logical Analysis, Jay F. Rosenberg; Varieties of Understanding, Robert Brandom; Theory Families, Plausibility and the Defense of Modest Realism, Rom Harre; Scientific Rationality and Its Reconstruction, Jurgen Mittelstrass; Conservatism and the Data Base, William Lycan. Historical Essays: Darwin's Achievement, Philip Kitcher; 'A Purely Scientific Temper': Victorian Expressions of the Ideal of an Autonomous Science, Robert E. Butts.

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