Why science needs metaphysics a plea for structural realism
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Sprache: | eng |
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Chicago, La Salle, Illinois
Open Court
2007
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Ausgabe: | First printing |
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Online Zugang: | http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip078/2007001429.html http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0712/2007001429-d.html Inhaltsverzeichnis |
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Beschreibung: | How respectable is metaphysics?. The problem of induction. Protocol or basic statements?. Falsifiability and parameter-adjustment. Falsifiability, Duhem-Quine and the status of geometry. The methodology of scientific research programs (MSRP). Structural scientific realism (SSR). Atomism and structural realism. Einstein or the essential unity of science and philosophy Arguing against subjectivist epistemology, the author aims to revive a rational metaphysics for the practice and understanding of science"--Provided by publisher |
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Beschreibung: | ix, 291 Seiten 23 cm |
ISBN: | 9780812696035 0812696034 |