Reason and the Search for Knowledge

Investigations in the Philosophy of Science
1. Auflage 1983
ISBN: 978-90-277-1551-7
Verlag: Springer Netherlands

Buch, Englisch, Band 78, 500 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 1900 g

Reihe: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Shapere, D.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Wissenschaftstheorie, Wissenschaftsphilosophie
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Allgemeines Wissenschaften: Theorie, Epistemologie, Methodik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

I. Critical Papers.- 1: Philosophy and the Analysis of Language.- 2: Mathematical Ideals and Metaphysical Concepts.- 3: The Structure of Scientific Revolutions.- 4: The Paradigm Concept.- 5: Meaning and Scientific Change.- 6: Notes Toward a Post-Positivistic Interpretation of Science, Part I.- II. Analyses of Issues.- 7: Space, Time, and Language.- 8: Interpretations of Science in America.- 9: Unity and Method in Contemporary Science.- 10: What Can the Theory of Knowledge Learn from the History of Knowledge?.- III. Toward a Systematic Philosophy of Science.- 11: The Character of Scientific Change.- 12: The Scope and Limits of Scientific Change.- 13: Scientific Theories and Their Domains.- 14: Remarks on the Concepts of Domain and Field.- 15: Alteration of Goals and Language in the Development of Science.- 16: The Concept of Observation in Science and Philosophy (Summary version).- 17: Notes Toward a Post-Positivistic Interpretation of Science, Part II.- 18: Reason, Reference, and the Quest for Knowledge.- 19: Modern Science and the Philosophical Tradition.- List Of Publications.- Index Of Names.- Index Of Topics.