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The Prism of Science

The Israel Colloquium: Studies in History, Philosophy, and Sociology of Science Volume 2

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  • © 1986

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  1. Edna Ullmann-Margalit
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Part of the book series: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science (BSPS, volume 95)

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Table of contents (18 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
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  2. Metamorphoses of the Scientist in Utopia

    1. Metamorphoses of the Scientist in Utopia

      • Frank Manuel
      Pages 1-16

  3. Metamorphoses of the Scientist in Utopia: A Comment

    1. Metamorphoses of the Scientist in Utopia: A Comment

      • Miriam Eliav-Feldon
      Pages 17-20

  4. The Third Force in Seventeenth-Century Thought: Skepticism, Science and Millenarianism

    1. The Third Force in Seventeenth-Century Thought: Skepticism, Science and Millenarianism

      • Richard Popkin
      Pages 21-50

  5. The Third Force in Seventeenth-Century Thought: A Comment

    1. The Third Force in Seventeenth-Century Thought: A Comment

      • Michael Heyd
      Pages 51-56

  6. Restricted and Inclusive Historical Materialism

    1. Restricted and Inclusive Historical Materialism

      • G. A. Cohen
      Pages 57-83

  7. Restricted and Inclusive Historical Materialism: A Comment

    1. Restricted and Inclusive Historical Materialism: A Comment

      • Baruch Knei-Paz
      Pages 85-92

  8. Practical Reasoning

    1. Practical Reasoning

      • David Pears
      Pages 93-106

  9. Practical Reasoning — The Bottom Line: A Comment

    1. Practical Reasoning — The Bottom Line: A Comment

      • Edna Ullmann-Margalit
      Pages 107-111

  10. Medicine and the Boer War Social and Political Consequences

    1. Medicine and the Boer War Social and Political Consequences

      • Emanoel C. G. Lee
      Pages 113-139

  11. Medicine and the Boer War a Comment

    1. Medicine and the Boer War a Comment

      • Eran Dolev
      Pages 141-145

  12. Koch’s Bacillus: Was There a Technological Fix?

    1. Koch’s Bacillus: Was There a Technological Fix?

      • Barbara Gutmann Rosenkrantz
      Pages 147-160

  13. Koch’s Bacillus a Comment

    1. Koch’s Bacillus a Comment

      • Pnina Abir-Am
      Pages 161-164

  14. Can Genetics Explain Development?

    1. Can Genetics Explain Development?

      • Raphael Falk
      Pages 165-180

  15. Eddington Centennial Symposium

    1. Opening Remarks

      • Shmuel Sambursky
      Pages 181-182

    2. The Nature of the Physical World Revisited

      • Solly G. Cohen
      Pages 183-194

    3. Eddington and the Large Numbers

      • Jacob Shaham
      Pages 195-207

    4. The Fine-Structure Constant: From Eddington’s Time to Our Own

      • Jacob D. Bekenstein
      Pages 209-224

    5. Eddington and Einstein

      • John Stachel
      Pages 225-250
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About this book

This is the second volume of Proceedings of the Israel Colloquium for the History, Philosophy and Sociology of Science. At the time that this preface is being written, the fourth annual series of lectures within the framework of the Israel Colloquium is already behind us and the fifth is underway. The Israel Colloquium thus has now not only a future to look forward to but also a past which is a source ,of pride and pleasure for those who take part in this venture. The Israel Colloquium has, I believe, struck roots in the Israeli scientific and intellectual life, while drawing on the ever-increasing readiness of the international scientific and intellectual community for continuous support. As in the first volume, here too the papers presented, taken together, attempt a threefold representation of science and of the scientific activity: the historical, the social, and the systematic. A novel focal point in this volume is the treatment of some case studies illuminating historical, social, and philosophical aspects of medicine. Another center of gravity here is the Eddington Centennial Symposium which was a main event in the Collo­ quium activity of the 1982-83 series. This is a fitting place for me to report with sorrow the untimely death in the summer of 1984 of Solly G. Cohen, one of Israel's leading scientists, who is among the contributors to this volume.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Prism of Science

  • Book Subtitle: The Israel Colloquium: Studies in History, Philosophy, and Sociology of Science Volume 2

  • Editors: Edna Ullmann-Margalit

  • Series Title: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-4566-1

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: D. Reidel Publishing Company, Dordrecht, Holland 1986

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-90-277-2160-0Published: 31 May 1986

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-90-277-2161-7Published: 30 June 1986

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-009-4566-1Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 0068-0346

  • Series E-ISSN: 2214-7942

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: IX, 250

  • Topics: Philosophy of Science, History, general, Sociology, general

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