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PSA 1974

Proceedings of the 1974 Biennial Meeting Philosophy of Science Association

  • Conference proceedings
  • © 1976

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Editors:
  1. R. S. Cohen

    1. Boston University, USA

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  2. C. A. Hooker

    1. University of Western Ontario, Canada

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  3. A. C. Michalos

    1. University of Guelph, Canada

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  4. J. W. Evra

    1. University of Waterloo, Canada

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Part of the book series: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science (BSPS, volume 32)

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Table of contents (40 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XIII
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  2. Symposium the Unity of Science

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Unified Theories and Unified Science

      • Robert L. Causey
      Pages 3-13

    3. Thermodynamics, Statistical Mechanics and the Complexity of Reductions

      • Lawrence Sklar
      Pages 15-32

    4. Theory Generalization Problem Reduction and the Unity of Science

      • Thomas Nickles
      Pages 33-75

  4. Symposium Genetics, IQ and Education

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 125-125
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    2. Fictionalism, Functionalism and Factor Analysis

      • N. J. Block
      Pages 127-141

    3. IQ, Heritability, and Human Nature

      • Norman Daniels
      Pages 143-180

    4. The IQ Controversy and the Philosophy of Education

      • Kenneth Kaye
      Pages 181-188

  5. Contributed Papers Session II

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 189-189
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    2. Evolutionary Rationality

      • Henryk Skolimowski
      Pages 191-213

    3. Laws and Meaning Postulates

      • Linda Wessels
      Pages 215-234

    4. Meaning in Science and Mathematics

      • Paul Fitzgerald
      Pages 235-269

    5. Observationality and the Comparability of Theories

      • Philip A. Ostien
      Pages 271-289

  6. Symposium Science Education And The Philosophy of Science

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 291-291
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    2. The Relevance of Philosophy of Science for Science Education

      • Michael Martin
      Pages 293-300

    3. Metaphorical Models of Mastery: or, How to Learn to Do the Problems at the End of the Chapter of the Physics Textbook

      • Hugh G. Petrie
      Pages 301-312
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About this book

For this book, we have selected papers from symposia and contributed sessions at the fourth biennial meeting of the Philosophy of Science Association, held at the University of Notre Dame on November 1-3, 1974. The meeting was lively and well-attended, and we regret that there was no way to record here the many stimulating discussions after the papers and during the informal hours. We also regret that we had in­ sufficient space for all the contributed papers. Even more, some of the symposia were not available: those on systems and decision theory (c. W. Churchman, P. Suppes, I. Levi), and on the Marxist philosophy of science (M. W. Wartofsky, R. S. Cohen, E. N. Hiebert). Unhappily several individual contributions to other symposia were likewise not available: I. Velikovsky in the session on his own work and the politics of science, D. Finkelstein in the session on quantum logic. Memorial minutes were read for Alan Ross Anderson (prepared by Nuel Belnap) and for Imre Lakatos (prepared by Paul Feyerabend). They initiate this volume of philosophy of science in the mid-seventies.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Boston University, USA

    R. S. Cohen

  • University of Western Ontario, Canada

    C. A. Hooker

  • University of Guelph, Canada

    A. C. Michalos

  • University of Waterloo, Canada

    J. W. Evra

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: PSA 1974

  • Book Subtitle: Proceedings of the 1974 Biennial Meeting Philosophy of Science Association

  • Editors: R. S. Cohen, C. A. Hooker, A. C. Michalos, J. W. Evra

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

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-1449-6

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: D. Reidel Publishing Company, Dordrecht, Holland 1976

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-90-277-0648-5Published: 31 October 1976

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-010-1449-6Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 0068-0346

  • Series E-ISSN: 2214-7942

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: 747

  • Topics: Philosophy of Science

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