Philosophy of science today

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Philosophy of science today

edited by Peter Clark and Katherine Hawley

Clarendon Press , Oxford University Press, 2003

  • : hbk
  • : pbk

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Includes bibliographical references and index

内容説明・目次

巻冊次

: hbk ISBN 9780199250547

内容説明

A state-of-the-art guide to the fast-developing area of the philosophy of science. An eminent international team of authors covers a wide range of topics at the intersection of philosophy and the sciences, including causation, realism, methodology, epistemology and the philosophical foundations of physics, biology and psychology. An expanded version of a special issue of the journal "BJPS", this collection should be valuable to advanced students as well as to scholars.

目次

  • Introduction
  • 1. The Logic of Success
  • 2. The Theory of Knowledge: Saving Epistemology from the Epistemologists
  • 3. The Scientific Realism Debate
  • 4. 'New Age' Philosophies of Science: Constructivism, Feminism, and Postmodernism
  • 5. Causation
  • 6. Philosophy of Mind
  • 7. Philosophy of Biology
  • 8. Philosophy of Mathematics
  • 9. Geometry and Motion
  • 10. Indeterminacy and Entanglement: The Challenge of Quantum Mechanics
  • 11. Philosophical Foundations of Quantum Field Theory
  • 12. Interpreting Theories: The Case of Statistical Mechanics
  • Index
巻冊次

: pbk ISBN 9780199250554

内容説明

Philosophy of Science Today offers a state-of-the-art guide to this fast-developing area. An eminent international team of authors covers a wide range of topics at the intersection of philosophy and the sciences, including causation, realism, methodology, epistemology, and the philosophical foundations of physics, biology, and psychology. An expanded version of a special issue of the leading journal BJPS, this collection will be valuable to advanced students as well as to scholars.

目次

  • Introduction
  • 1. The Logic of Success
  • 2. The Theory of Knowledge: Saving Epistemology from the Epistemologists
  • 3. The Present State of the Scientific Realism Debate
  • 4. 'New Age' Philosophies of Science: Constructivism, Feminism, and Postmodernism
  • 5. Causation and Pre-emption
  • 6. Philosophy of Mind
  • 7. Philosophy of Biology
  • 8. Philosophy of Mathematics
  • 9. Geometry and Motion
  • 10. Indeterminacy and Entanglement: The Challenge of Quantum Mechanics
  • 11. Philosophical Foundations of Quantum Field Theory
  • 12. Interpreting Theories: The Case of Statistical Mechanics
  • Index

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詳細情報

  • NII書誌ID(NCID)
    BA61854852
  • ISBN
    • 0199250545
    • 0199250553
  • LCCN
    2003271821
  • 出版国コード
    uk
  • タイトル言語コード
    eng
  • 本文言語コード
    eng
  • 出版地
    Oxford,New York ; Tokyo
  • ページ数/冊数
    299 p.
  • 大きさ
    24 cm
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