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9780631221081

The Blackwell Guide to the Philosophy of Science

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    9780631221081

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    0631221085

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2002-03-01
  • Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
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Summary

This volume presents a definitive introduction to the core areas of philosophy of science. Each of the chapters written especially for this volume by internationally distinguished scholars reviews a problem, examines the current state of the discipline with respect to the topic, and discusses possible futures of the field. Topics covered include experiment and observation, evolution, molecular and developmental biology, cognitive science, and feminist philosophy of science. The Blackwell Guide to Philosophy of Science engages both general readers and specialists and provides a solid foundation for further study.

Author Biography


Peter Machamer is Professor of History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Pittsburgh. He is editor of the Cambridge Companion to Galileo (1998), Scientific Controversies (2000), and Theory and Method in the Neurosciences (2001).

Michael Silberstein is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Elizabethtown College. He is an NEH Fellow who has published and delivered papers on both philosophy of science and philosophy of mind.

Table of Contents

Notes on Contributors vii
Preface x
A Brief Historical Introduction to the Philosophy of Science
1(17)
Peter Machamer
Philosophy of Science: Classic Debates, Standard Problems, Future Prospects
18(19)
John Worrall
Explanation
37(18)
Jim Woodward
Structures of Scientific Theories
55(25)
Carl F. Craver
Reduction, Emergence and Explanation
80(28)
Michael Silberstein
Models, Metaphors and Analogies
108(20)
Daniela M. Bailer-Jones
Experiment and Observation
128(21)
James Bogen
Induction and Probability
149(24)
Alan Hajek
Ned Hall
Philosophy of Space--Time Physics
173(26)
Craig Callender
Carl Hoefer
Interpreting Quantum Theories
199(28)
Laura Ruetsche
Evolution
227(25)
Roberta L. Millstein
Molecular and Developmental Biology
252(20)
Paul Griffiths
Cognitive Science
272(18)
Rick Grush
Social Sciences
290(22)
Harold Kincaid
Feminist Philosophy of Science
312(20)
Lynn Hankinson Nelson
Index 332

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