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Proceedings of the 1972 Biennial Meeting of the Philosophy of Science Association

  • Conference proceedings
  • © 1974

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Editors:
  1. Kenneth F. Schaffner

    1. Department of History and Philosophy of Science, University of Pittsburgh, USA

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  2. Robert S. Cohen

    1. Center for the Philosophy and History of Science, Boston University, USA

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Part of the book series: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science (BSPS, volume 20)

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Table of contents (29 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-IX
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  2. Symposium: Space, Time, and Matter: The Foundations of Geometrodynamics

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Space, Time and Matter: The Foundations of Geometrodynamics

      • Adolf Grünbaum
      Pages 3-5

    3. Some Topics for Philosophical Inquiry Concerning the Theories of Mathematical Geometrodynamics and of Physical Geometrodynamics

      • Charles W. Misner
      Pages 7-29

    4. The Rise and Fall of Geometrodynamics

      • John Stachel
      Pages 31-54

  3. Philosophical Problems of Biology and Psychology

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 55-55
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    2. Elsasser, Generalized Complementarity, and Finite Classes: A Critique of his Anti-Reductionism

      • Stuart Kauffman
      Pages 57-65

    3. Complexity and Organization

      • William C. Wimsatt
      Pages 67-86

    4. B. F. Skinner — The Butcher, the Baker, the Behavior-Shaper

      • Richard F. Kitchener
      Pages 87-98

  4. Symposium: Fundamental Problems in the Concept of Randomness

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 99-99
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    2. Fundamental Problems in the Concept of Randomness

      • Wesley C. Salmon
      Pages 101-101

    3. Randomness and Knowledge

      • J. Alberto Coffa
      Pages 103-115

    4. Random Thoughts about Randomness

      • Irving John Good
      Pages 117-135

    5. Randomness

      • Henry E. Kyburg
      Pages 137-149

  5. Historical Issues in the Philosophy of Science

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 151-151
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    2. Kant, the Dynamical Tradition, and the Role of Matter in Explanation

      • Jill Vance Buroker
      Pages 153-164

  6. Philosophical Problems of the Social Sciences

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 165-165
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    2. The Operation Called Verstehen: Towards a Redefinition of the Problem

      • Thomas McCarthy
      Pages 167-193

    3. On Popper’s Philosophy of Social Science

      • N. Koertge
      Pages 195-207

    4. Monistic Theories of Society

      • Laird Addis
      Pages 209-216
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About this book

This book contains selected papers from symposia and contributed sessions presented at the third biennial meeting of the Philosophy of Science Association, held in Lansing, Michigan, on October 27-29, 1972. We are grateful to Michigan State University, and especially to Professor Peter Asquith and his students and colleagues, for their friendly and efficient hospitality in organizing the circumstances of the sessions and of the 'intersessions', the unscheduled free time which is so important to any scholarly gathering. Several of the symposium papers have unhappily not been made available: those of Alasdair MacIntyre and Sidney Morgenbesser in the session on the social sciences, that of Ian Hacking in the session on randomness and that of Imre Lakatos in the session on discovery and rationality in science. Department of History and KENNETH F. SCHAFFNER Philosophy of Science, University of Pittsburgh Center for the Philosophy and ROBERT S. COHEN History of Science, Boston University TABLE OF CONTENTS PREFACE v PART I/SYMPOSIUM: SPACE, TIME AND MATTER: THE FOUNDATIONS OF GEOMETRODYNAMICS ADOLF GRUNBAUM / Space, Time, and Matter: The Foundations of Geometrodynamics. Introductory Remarks 3 CHARLES W. MISNER / Some Topics for Philosophical Inquiry Concerning the Theories of Mathematical Geometrodynamics and of Physical Geometrodynamics 7 JOHN STACHEL / The Rise and Fall of Geometrodynamics 31 PART II / PHILOSOPHICAL PROBLEMS OF BIOLOGY AND PSYCHOLOGY STUART KAUFFMAN / Elsasser, Generalized Complementarity, and Finite Classes: A Critique of His Anti-Reductionism 57 WILLIAM C.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of History and Philosophy of Science, University of Pittsburgh, USA

    Kenneth F. Schaffner

  • Center for the Philosophy and History of Science, Boston University, USA

    Robert S. Cohen

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Proceedings of the 1972 Biennial Meeting of the Philosophy of Science Association

  • Editors: Kenneth F. Schaffner, Robert S. Cohen

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

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-2140-1

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 1974

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-90-277-0408-5Published: 30 September 1974

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-90-277-0409-2Published: 30 September 1974

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-010-2140-1Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 0068-0346

  • Series E-ISSN: 2214-7942

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: X, 452

  • Topics: Philosophy of Science

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