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The Process of Science

Contemporary Philosophical Approaches to Understanding Scientific Practice

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  • © 1987

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Editors:
  1. Nancy J. Nersessian

    1. Dept. of Philosophy, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, USA

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Part of the book series: Science and Philosophy (SCPH, volume 3)

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XIII
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  2. Method in the Philosophy of Science and Epistemology

    • Dudley Shapere
    Pages 1-39

  3. ’Twixt Method and Madness

    • Thomas Nickles
    Pages 41-67

  4. Historical Realism and Contextual Objectivity: A Developing Perspective in the Philosophy of Science

    • Marjorie Grene
    Pages 69-81

  5. Research Problems and the Understanding of Science

    • William Berkson
    Pages 83-93

  6. Twenty Years After

    • Joseph Agassi
    Pages 95-103

  7. The Semantic Approach to Scientific Theories

    • Bas C. Van Fraassen
    Pages 105-124

  8. The Garden in the machine: Gender relations, the Processes of Science, and Feminist Epistemological Strategies

    • Sandra Harding
    Pages 125-137

  9. The Cognitive Study of Science

    • Ronald N. Giere
    Pages 139-159

  10. A Cognitive-Historical Approach to Meaning in Scientific Theories

    • Nancy J. Nersessian
    Pages 161-177

  11. Naturalizing Observation

    • Harold I. Brown
    Pages 179-193

  12. Realist Methodology in Contemporary Genetics

    • Richard M. Burian
    Pages 195-210

  13. Parsimony and the Units of Selection

    • Elliott Sober
    Pages 211-219

  14. Back Matter

    Pages 221-221
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About this book

For some time now the philosophy of science has been undergoing a major transfor­ mation. It began when the 'received view' of scientific knowledge -that developed by logical positivists and their intellectual descendants - was challenged as bearing little resemblance to and having little relevance for the understanding of real science. Subsequently, an overwhelming amount of criticism has been added. One would be hard-pressed to find anyone who would support the 'received view' today. Yet, in the search for a new analysis of scientific knowledge, this view continues to exert influence over the tenor of much of present-day philosophy of science; in particular, over its problems and its methods of analysis. There has, however, emerged an area within the discipline - called by some the 'new philosophy of science' - that has been engaged in transforming the problems and methods of philosophy of science. While there is far from a consensus of beliefs in this area, most of the following contentions would be affirmed by those working in it: - that science is an open-ended, on-going activity, whose character has changed significantly during its history - that science is not a monolithic enterprise - that good science can lead to false theories - that science has its roots in everyday circumstances, needs, methods, concepts, etc.

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` .. this volume will make a significant contribution to a more adequate understanding of the "nature of scientific knowledge and inquiry" '
ISIS Vol.79,No.1,1988

Editors and Affiliations

  • Dept. of Philosophy, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, USA

    Nancy J. Nersessian

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Process of Science

  • Book Subtitle: Contemporary Philosophical Approaches to Understanding Scientific Practice

  • Editors: Nancy J. Nersessian

  • Series Title: Science and Philosophy

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-3519-8

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, Dordrecht 1987

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-90-247-3425-2Published: 28 February 1987

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-010-8072-9Published: 20 September 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-009-3519-8Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 0924-4697

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIII, 221

  • Topics: Philosophy of Science

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