Nagel, Ernest, 1901-1985. The structure of science: problems in the logic of scientific explanation. New York and Burlingame: Harcourt, Brace & World, 1961, printing a-9-60 (copyright page), xiii, 618pp., very good dust-jacket, cover price $10.00, very good gray and blue cloth. Dust-jacket by Ellen Raskin. CONTENTS: Introduction: Science and common sense -- Patterns of scientific explanation -- The deductive pattern of explanation -- The logical character of scientific laws -- Experimental laws and theories -- The cognitive status of theories -- Mechanical explanations and the science of mechanics -- Space and geometry -- Geometry and physics -- Causality and indeterminism in physical theory -- The reduction of theories -- Mechanistic explanation and organismic biology -- Methodological problems of the social sciences -- Explanation and understanding in the social sciences -- Problems in the logic of historical inquiry. Seller Inventory # 88896

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Title: The structure of science: problems in the ...

Publisher: New York and Burlingame: Harcourt, Brace & World, 1961

Binding: Hardcover

Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included

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