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9780521718967

Philosophy of Science

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    9780521718967

  • ISBN10:

    0521718961

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2007-12-17
  • Publisher: Cambridge University Press

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This volume is based on the lectures given in The Royal Institute of Philosophy's annual lecture series in London for 2005'6. In it leading figures in the philosophy of science focus on key topics in the subject: realism, natural kinds, scientific progress, the confirmation of theories and the notion of simplicity in theory evaluation, the use of models in science and the relation of physics and metaphysics. There are also discussions of action at a distance, of the relation of science to technology and of lessons from the history of science to the evaluation of university research today. Taken all in all the volume provides a snapshot of some of the liveliest debates in the philosophy of science today, and also to the ways in which issues in the philosophy of science are relevant to philosophy in the wider sense.

Table of Contents

Prefacep. v
Contributorsp. vii
Scientific Progress: Beyond Foundationalism and Coherentismp. 1
Action at a distancep. 21
Lessons from the History and Philosophy of Science regarding the Research Assessment Exercisep. 37
The Ravens Revisitedp. 75
What's the point in Scientific Realism if we don't know what's really there?p. 97
Miracles and Models: Why reports of the death of Structural Realism may be exaggeratedp. 125
Counter Thought Experimentsp. 155
Does Physics Answer Metaphysical Questions?p. 179
Natural Kinds: Rosy Dawn, Scholastic Twilightp. 203
The Moral Use of Technologyp. 241
Is Simplicity Evidence of Truth?p. 261
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