The ontology of science
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The ontology of science
（The international research library of philosophy, 10 . The Philosophy of mathematics and science）
Dartmouth, c1994
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Collected essays from English-language journals
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Description
In this work the problem of scientific ontology is applied to the general issue of "scientific realism". In addition, particular ontological issues raised by particular theories or fields are explored.
Table of Contents
- Part 1 Three kinds of scientific realism, Hilary Putman
- realist principles,Geoffrey Hellman
- on the nature and norms of theoretical commitment, Paul Horwich
- realisms, Michael Levin
- realism, underdetermination, and a casual theory of evidence, Richard. N. Boyd
- scientific realism and naturalistic epistemology, Richard N. Boyd
- methodological realism and scientific rationality, Jarrett Leplin
- Bayesian conditionalization resolves positivist/realist disputes,Jon Dorling
- fables and models, Nancy Cartwright
- unnatural attitudes, Arthur Fine
- modest realism, William Newton-Smith
- structural realism, John Worrall
- realism about what?, Roger Jones.Part 2 The nature of reality, Michael Redhead
- holism and nonseparability, Richard A. Healey
- particle labels, Michael Redhead and Paul Teller
- tth hole story, John Earman and John Norton
- The hole truth, Jeremy Butterfield
- the nature of space-time, Paul Teller
- real patterns, Daniel C. Dennett
- genes, Philip Kitcher.
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