Allhoff Philosophies of the Sciences

A Guide
1. Auflage 2009
ISBN: 978-1-4443-1558-5
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 368 Seiten, E-Book

A collection of essays discussing a wide range of sciences and thecentral philosophical issues associated with them, presenting thesciences collectively to encourage a greater understanding of theirassociative theoretical foundations, as well as their relationshipsto each other.
* Offers a new and unique approach to studying and comparing thephilosophies of a variety of scientific disciplines
* Explores a wide variety of individual sciences, includingmathematics, physics, chemistry, biology, psychology, sociology andeconomics
* The essays are written by leading scholars in a highlyaccessible style for the student audience
* Complements more traditional studies of philosophy ofscience

Autoren/Hrsg.

Allhoff, Fritz

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Notes on Contributors vii
List of Figures xii
Unit 1: Introduction 1
1 Philosophies of the Sciences 3
Fritz Allhoff
2 Philosophy of Science 9
Richard DeWitt
Unit 2: Philosophy of the Exact Sciences 39
3 Philosophy of Logic 41
Otávio Bueno
4 Philosophy of Mathematics 68
Otávio Bueno
5 Philosophy of Probability 92
Aidan Lyon
Unit 3: Philosophy of the Natural Sciences 127
6 Philosophy of Physics 129
Richard DeWitt
7 Philosophy of Chemistry 163
Joachim Schummer
8 Philosophy of Biology 184
Matthew H. Haber, Andrew Hamilton, Samir Okasha, and Jay Odenbaugh
9 Philosophy of Earth Science 213
Maarten G. Kleinhans, Chris J.J. Buskes, and Henk W. de Regt
Unit 4: Philosophy of the Behavioral and Social Sciences 237
10 Philosophy of the Cognitive Sciences 239
William Bechtel and Mitchell Herschbach
11 Philosophy of Psychology 262
Edouard Machery
12 Philosophy of Sociology 293
Daniel Little
13 Philosophy of Economics 324
Daniel M. Hausman
Index 356

Über Autor(innen)

Fritz Allhoff, J.D., Ph.D. is Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Studies in the Department of Philosophy at Western Michigan University and Fellow in the Center for Law and Biosciences at Stanford Law School.
He has edited and authored over twenty books, including Philosophy of Science: An Historical Anthology, (co-edited with Timothy McGrew and Marc Alspector-Kelly, (Wiley Blackwell, 2009)., and is the Editor of the Wiley Blackwell series Philosophy for Everyone.