New horizons in the philosophy of science

Author(s)

• Lamb, David

Bibliographic Information

New horizons in the philosophy of science

edited by David Lamb

（Avebury series in the philosophy of science）

Avebury , Ashgate, c1992

Note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

This collection of ten papers celebrates the diversity and richness of post-positivist philosophy of science. The contributors believe that new perspectives can be developed and that philosophical criticism can make a useful contribution to the search for new and fruitful scientific paradigms.

Table of Contents

• Towards a critical philosophy of science, Richard F. Kitchener
• philosophy and frontier science - is there a new paradigm in the making?, Mark B. Woodhouse
• the recent case against physicalist theories of mind - a review essay, Joseph Wayne Smith
• physics and existentialist phenomenology, Robert C. Trundle
• the evolution of science and the "tree of knowledge", Jean Marie Trouve
• a sociological perspective on disease, Kevin White
• sociobiology, ethics and human nature, Lucy Frith
• the "evolutionary paradigm" and constructional biolgy, Brian Goodwin, et al
• challenge of ill health, E.K. Ledermann
• death - the final frontier, David Lamb.

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Details

• NCID: BA18699971
• ISBN:
  • 1856282961
• LCCN: 92010393
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Aldershot, Hants, England,Brookfield, Vt., USA
• Pages/Volumes: vii, 191 p.
• Size: 23 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : Q175.3
  • NDC6 : 401
  • DC20 : 501
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Science -- Philosophy
  • FREE : Science
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA0139551X