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Proceedings of the Boston Colloquium for the Philosophy of Science 1964/1966

In Memory of Norwood Russell Hanson

  • Conference proceedings
  • © 1967

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  1. Robert S. Cohen
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  2. Marx W. Wartofsky
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Part of the book series: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science (BSPS, volume 3)

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Table of contents (28 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XLIX
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  2. The Early Modern Revolution in Science and Philosophy

    1. The Early Modern Revolution in Science and Philosophy

      • Benjamin Nelson
      Pages 1-40

  3. Taxonomy and Information

    1. Taxonomy and Information

      • David Hawkins
      Pages 41-55

  4. On the Elementarity of Measurement in General Relativity: Toward a General Theory

    1. On the Elementarity of Measurement in General Relativity: Toward a General Theory

      • Mendel Sachs
      Pages 56-80

  5. Symposium on Innate Ideas

    1. Recent Contributions to the Theory of Innate Ideas

      • Noam Chomsky
      Pages 81-90

    2. The ‘Innateness Hypothesis’ and Explanatory Models in Linguistics

      • Hilary Putnam
      Pages 91-101

    3. The Epistemological Argument

      • Nelson Goodman
      Pages 102-107

    4. Natural Kinds

      • G. Schlesinger
      Pages 108-122

    5. Metaphysics as Heuristic for Science

      • Marx Wartofsky
      Pages 123-172

    6. Comments

      • Ruth Anna Putnam
      Pages 173-180

    7. Rationalism and the Physical World

      • C. Lanczos
      Pages 181-198

    8. On the Foundations of Probability Theory

      • Hilda Geiringer
      Pages 199-227

    9. Comments

      • Laszlo Tisza
      Pages 228-235

    10. Elementarity and Reality in Particle Physics

      • William A. Wallace
      Pages 236-263

    11. Comments

      • Mary B. Miller
      Pages 264-271

    12. Semantic Sources of the Concept of Law

      • Gerd Buchdahl
      Pages 272-292

    13. Science in Flux

      • Joseph Agassi
      Pages 293-323

    14. Comments

      • Judith Jarvis Thomson
      Pages 324-330

    15. Conceptual Revolutions in Science

      • Stephen Toulmin
      Pages 331-347

    16. Comment on Stephen Toulmin’s ‘Conceptual Revolutions in Science’

      • Louis O. Mink
      Pages 348-355
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About this book

This third volume of Boston Studies in the Philosophy of Science contains papers which are based upon Colloquia from 1964 to 1966. In most cases, they have been substantially modified subsequent to presentation and discussion. Once again we publish work which goes beyond technical analysis of scientific theories and explanations in order to include philo­ sophical reflections upon the history of science and also upon the still problematic interactions between metaphysics and science. The philo­ sophical history of scientific ideas has increasingly been recognized as part of the philosophy of science, and likewise the cultural context of the genesis of such ideas. There is no school or attitude to be taken as de­ fining the scope or criteria of our Colloquium, and so we seek to under­ stand both analytic and historical aspects of science. This volume, as the previous two, constitutes a substantial part of our final report to the U. S. National Science Foundation, which has continued its support of the Boston Colloquium for the Philosophy of Science by a grant to Boston University. That report will be concluded by a subse­ quent volume of these Studies. It is a pleasure to record our thanks to the Foundation for its confidence and funds. We dedicate this book to the memory of Norwood Russell Hanson. During this academic year of 1966-67, this beloved and distinguished American philosopher participated in our Colloquium, and he did so before.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Proceedings of the Boston Colloquium for the Philosophy of Science 1964/1966

  • Book Subtitle: In Memory of Norwood Russell Hanson

  • Editors: Robert S. Cohen, Marx W. Wartofsky

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

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-3508-8

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: D. Reidel Publishing Company / Dordrecht-Holland 1967

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-90-277-0013-1Published: 31 July 1967

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-010-3510-1Published: 03 November 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-010-3508-8Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 0068-0346

  • Series E-ISSN: 2214-7942

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XLIX, 489

  • Topics: Philosophy of Science

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