عنوان

Philosophy of science matters: the philosophy of Peter Achinstein

.Language of Text, Soundtrack etc

eng

Title Proper

Philosophy of science matters: the philosophy of Peter Achinstein

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

New York

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Oxford University Press

Text of Note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Text of Note

edited by Gregory J. Morgan

Text of Note

Ordinary language and the unordinary philosophy of Peter Achinstein / Steven Gimbel and Jeffrey Maynes -- Evidence, external validity, and explanatory relevance / Nancy Cartwright -- Maxwell, matter, and method: Maxwellian methodology, methodological Maxwellianism, and methods of historical and philosophical speculation -- Achinstein's Newtonian empiricism / Victor Di Fate -- Evidence and objectivity in Achinstein's philosophy of science / Gerald Doppelt -- A defence of Achinstein's pragmatism about explanation / Adam M. Goldstein -- On the very idea of a theory of evidence / Philip Kitcher -- Mill on the hypothetical method: a discussion of Achinstein's defense of Mill and Newton on induction / Frederick M. Kronz -- Waves, particles, independent tests, and the limits of inductivism / Larry Laudan -- What's so great about an objective concept of evidence? / Helen Longino -- The objective epistemic probabilist and the severe tester / Deborah G. Mayo -- Achinstein and Whewell on theoretical coherence / Gregory J. Morgan -- Observationally indistinguishable spacetimes: a challenge for any inductivist / John D. Norton -- Making contact with molecules: on Perrin and Achinstein / Stathis Psillos -- Achinstein and the evidence for evolution / Richard A. Richards -- The place of artificial selection in Charles Darwin's theory of evolution through natural selection / Mihael Ruse -- Evidence and justification / Kent Staley -- What was Perrin's real achievement? / Bas C. van Fraassen -- Causes, conditions, and the pragmatics of causal explanation / James Woodward -- Achinstein's replies / Peter Achinstein

Entry Element

، Achinstein, Peter

Entry Element

Philosophy ، Science

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AU Morgan, Gregory J