The Routledge companion to philosophy of science/ edited by Stathis Psillos and Martin Curd.
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TextPublication details: London: Routledge, 2008Description: 619 p. ill. 23 cmISBN: 9780415354035Subject(s): Science -- PhilosophyDDC classification: 501 | Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Central Library, Sikkim University General Book Section | 501 PSI/R (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | P18278 |
pt. I Historical and philosophical context --
The epistemology of science after Quine / Paul A. Roth --
The history of philosophy and the philosophy of science / Joanne Waugh and Roger Ariew --
Metaphysics / Stephen Mumford --
Philosophy of language / Rod Bertolet --
The role of logic in philosophy of science / Diderik Batens --
Critical rationalism / Gurol Irzik --
The historical turn in the philosophy of science/ Alexander Bird --
Logical empiricism / Thomas Uebel --
Pragmatism and science / Robert Almeder.
pt. II Debates --
Bayesianism / Colin Howson --
Confirmation / Alan Hajek and James M. Joyce --
Empiricism / Elliott Sober --
Essentialism and natural kinds / Brian Ellis --
Ethics of science / David B. Resnik --
Experiment / Theodore Arabatzis --
Explanation / James Woodward --
The feminist approach to the philosophy of science / Cassandra L. Pinnick --
Inference to the best explanation / Peter Lipton --
Laws of nature / Marc Lange --
Naturalism / Ronald N. Giere --
Realism/anti-realism / Michael Devitt --
Relativism about science / Maria Bahgramian --
Scientific method / Howard Sankey --
Social studies of science / Robert Nola --
The structure of theories / Steven French --
Theory-change in science / John Worrall --
Underdetermination / Igor Douven --
Values in science / Gerald Doppelt.
pt. III Concepts --
Causation / Christopher Hitchcock --
Determinism / Barry Loewer --
Evidence / Peter Achinstein --
Function / D.M. Walsh --
Idealization / James Ladyman --
Measurement / Hasok Chang and Nancy Cartwright --
Mechanisms / Stuart Glennan --
Models Demetris Portides --
Observation / Andre Kukla --
Prediction / Malcolm Forster --
Probability / Maria Carla Galavotti --
Reduction / Sahotra Sarkar --
Representation in science / Paul Teller --
Scientific discovery / Thomas Nickles --
Space and time / Oliver Pooley --
Symmetry / Margaret Morrison --
Truthlikeness / Graham Oddie --
Unification / Todd Jones.
pt. IV Individual sciences --
The virtues of a good theory / Ernan McMullin --
Biology / Alexander Rosenberg --
Cheminstry / Robin Findlay Hendry --
Cognitive science / Paul Thagard --
Economics / Uskali Maki --
Mathematics / Peter Clark --
Physics / Simon Saunders --
Psychology / Richard Samuels --
Social sciences / Harold Kincaid.
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