Ian Hacking Eds (2 results)
Language: English
Published by East Lansing [Michigan], Philosophy of Science Association. 1981, 1981
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Original publisher's blue cloth hardback, title spine and frontcover, large 8vo: Vol. 1: xxvi 314pp., 26 contributions. Vol. 2: [x], 578pp., 32 contributions. With notes & references. Fine complete set..
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Condition: very good. East Lansing : Philosophy of Science Association, 1978. Orig. cloth binding. 313 pp. Library stamp. Contents : Part 1. History of Philosophy of Science. -- Perception and Primary Qualities. NancyMaull. -- The Development of Kant's Conception of Scientific Explanation. EdwardMacKinnon. -- John Stuart Mill, J…ohn Herschel, and the 'Probability of Causes'. John V.Strong. -- Part 2. Philosophy of Physics -- Non-Local Hidden Variable Theories and Bell's Inequality. JeffreyBub, and VandanaShiva. -- The Only Real Probabilities in Quantum Mechanics. NancyCartwright. -- A Universal Axiomatization of Kinematical Theories. CarloGiannoni. -- Part 3. Observation and Theory -- The Interplay between Theory and Observation in the Solar Model of Hipparchus and Ptolemy. KathleenOkruhlik. -- Theory-Ladenness and Theory Comparison. William B.Jones. -- Observationality: Quine and the Epistemological Nihilists. P. WilliamBechtel & EricStiffler. --Analyticity without an Observational-Theoretical Distinction. Mark G.Tamthai. -- Part 4. Case Studies with Applications to the Philosophy of Science. -- The Role of Psychology in Functional Localization Research. Barbara V.E. Klein. -- Scientific Problems and Constraints. ThomasNickles. -- Discoveries and the Emergence of New Fields in Science. LindleyDarden -- Part 5. Explanation. -- Explanation and Subsumption. RobertCummins. -- Reasons, Causes, and Empathetic Understanding. J.K.Derden,Jr. -- Approximative Explanation. T.R.Girill. -- Part 6. Aspects of Rationality. -- Four Contributions Values Can Make to the Objectivity of Social Science. Sandra G.Harding. -- Four Basic Concepts of Medical Science. CarolineWhitbeck. -- Why Astrology is a Pseudoscience. Paul R.Thagard. -- Rhetoric and Scientific Rationality. Maurice A.Finocchiaro. -- Part 7. Quantum Logic. -- The Metalogic of Quantum Logic. PeterMittelstaedt. -- A Role for Categories in the Foundations of Quantum Theory. David GeoffreyHoldsworth. -- Only If Quanta Had Logic. James H.McGrath. -- Part 8. Applications of Statistical Ideas. -- On The Likelihood Principle and a Supposed Antinomy. BarryLoewer, RobertLaddaga, & RogerRosenkrantz. -- Belief and the Incremental Confirmation of One Hypothesis Relative to Another. AndreMirabelli. -- Salmon, Statistics, and Backwards Causation. DavidPapinL209eau. Condition : very good copy. ISBN 9780917586064. Keywords : PHILOSOPHY.
