Science in Reflection: The Israel Colloquium: Studies in History, Philosophy, and Sociology of Science Volume 3.

x, 237 pp. Original cloth. Near Fine, in near fine dust jacket. Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science Volume 110. 'The Israel Colloquium for the History, Philosophy and Sociology of Science presents before you its third volume of proceedings. The philosophy section of the volume has three main foci: the scientific explanation (Hempel and Ben-Menachem, Elster and Dascal); realism in science (Cohen and Zemach) and its implications for the problem of universals (Armstrong and Bar-Elli); and the question of demarcation: the dividing line between science and philosophy (Krüger), as well as the cognitive limits of science (Stent). There is no neat separation in this volume between essays on the history of science and those on the sociology of science, and perhaps properly so. Thus, Lenoir's contribution is a clear example of the way the two disciplines combine and interrelate. Joseph Ben-David's comment on this lecture was among the last things he wrote, knowing full well that his days were numbered. Reading his contribution imparts a strong sense of loss, the loss of a great sociologist and a wise man. Not only history, however, but also historiography is a subject for reflection in this volume (Freudenthal and Kerszberg). And, finally, a couple of articles convey the sense of fascination with science as a story (Heilbron, Hughes). We have by now come to expect from the investigations reported in the Israel Colloquium series not surface unity of theme and method, but rather an underlying common commitment and zest for the scientific enterprise at its best. The third volume hopes to join the first two in footing this bill' (Kluwer Academic Web site). Table of contents (16 chapters): Limits of a Deductive Construal of the Function of Scientific Theories Hempel, Carl G. Pages 1-15 Limits of a Deductive Construal of the Function of Scientific Theories Ben-Menachem, Yemima Pages 17-22 Cognitive Limits of Science Stent, Gunther Pages 23-36 How Philosophy and Science Came to Differ Krüger, Lorenz Pages 37-50 The Nature and Scope of Rational-Choice Explanation Elster, Jon Pages 51-65 Rational-Choice Explanation: The Limits to Grounding Dascal, Marcelo Pages 67-79 Realism Versus Anti-Realism: What Is theIssue? Cohen, L. Jonathan Pages 81-96 Epistemic and Semantic Reflections on Scientific Realism Zemach, Eddy M. Pages 97-101 Can a Naturalist Believe in Universals? Armstrong, David M. Pages 103-115 Can a Naturalist Believe in Universals? Bar-Elli, Gilead Pages 117-122 The Hermeneutical Status of the History of Science: The Views of Hélène Metzger Freudenthal, Gad Pages 123-144 The Hermeneutical Status of the History of Science: The Views of Hélène Metzger Kerszberg, Pierre Pages 145-150 The Era of Independent Inventors Hughes, Thomas P. Pages 151-168 Social Interests and the Organic Physics of 1847 Lenoir, Timothy Pages 169-191 Social Interests and the Organic Physics of 1847 Ben-David, Joseph Pages 193-200 The Earliest Missionaries of the Copenhagen Spirit Heilbron, John L. Pages 201-233.…