Explanation, Prediction, and Confirmation (The Philosophy of Science in a European Perspective, 2) - Hardcover

 
9789400711792: Explanation, Prediction, and Confirmation (The Philosophy of Science in a European Perspective, 2)
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ISBN 10: 9400711794 ISBN 13: 9789400711792
Publisher: Springer, 2011

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This volume, the second in the Springer series Philosophy of Science in a European Perspective, contains selected papers from the workshops organised by the ESF Research Networking Programme PSE (The Philosophy of Science in a European Perspective) in 2009. Five general topics are addressed: 1. Formal Methods in the Philosophy of Science; 2. Philosophy of the Natural and Life Sciences; 3. Philosophy of the Cultural and Social Sciences; 4. Philosophy of the Physical Sciences; 5. History of the Philosophy of Science. This volume is accordingly divided in five sections, each section containing papers coming from the meetings focussing on one of these five themes. However, these sections are not completely independent and detached from each other. For example, an important connecting thread running through a substantial number of papers in this volume is the concept of probability: probability plays a central role in present-day discussions in formal epistemology, in the philosophy of thephysical sciences, and in general methodological debates---it is central in discussions concerning explanation, prediction and confirmation. The volume thus also attempts to represent the intellectual exchange between the various fields in the philosophy of science that was central in the ESF workshops.

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This volume, the second in the Springer series Philosophy of Science in a European Perspective, contains selected papers from the workshops organised by the ESF Research Networking Programme PSE (The Philosophy of Science in a European Perspective) in 2009. Five general topics are addressed:
1. Formal Methods in the Philosophy of Science;
2. Philosophy of the Natural and Life Sciences;
3. Philosophy of the Cultural and Social Sciences;
4. Philosophy of the Physical Sciences;
5. History of the Philosophy of Science.
This volume is accordingly divided in five sections, each section containing papers coming from the meetings focussing on one of these five themes. However, these sections are not completely independent and detached from each other. For example, an important connecting thread running through a substantial number of papers in this volume is the concept of probability: probability plays a central role in present-day discussions in formal epistemology, in the philosophy of the physical sciences, and in general methodological debates---it is central in discussions concerning explanation, prediction and confirmation. The volume thus also attempts to represent the intellectual exchange between the various fields in the philosophy of science that was central in the ESF workshops.

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Publisher
Springer
Publication date
2011
Language
English
ISBN 10 
9400711794
ISBN 13 
9789400711792
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
548
Editor
Dieks Dennis, Gonzalez Wenceslao J., Hartmann Stephan, Uebel Thomas, Weber Marcel

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