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Integrating History and Philosophy of Science

Problems and Prospects

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  • © 2012

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Editors:
  1. Seymour Mauskopf

    1. , History, Duke University, Durham, USA

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  2. Tad Schmaltz

    1. , Philosophy, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA

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  • A timely consideration of prospects for integrating history and philosophy of science
  • Essays from prominent scholars both of history of science and philosophy of science
  • Combines general reflections on the state of HPS with consideration of specific case studies

Part of the book series: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science (BSPS, volume 263)

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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. Introduction

    • Seymour Mauskopf, Tad Schmaltz
    Pages 1-10

  4. Case Studies

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 107-107
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  6. Back Matter

    Pages 241-249
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About this book

Though the publication of Kuhn's Structure of Scientific Revolutions seemed to herald the advent of a unified study of the history and philosophy of science, it is a hard fact that history of science and philosophy of science have increasingly grown apart. Recently, however, there has been a series of workshops on both sides of the Atlantic (called '&HPS') intended to bring historians and philosophers of science together to discuss new integrative approaches. This is therefore an especially appropriate time to explore the problems with and prospects for integrating history and philosophy of science. The original essays in this volume, all from specialists in the history of science or philosophy of science, offer such an exploration from a wide variety of perspectives. The volume combines general reflections on the current state of history and philosophy of science with studies of the relation between the two disciplines in specific historical and scientific cases.

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“The present review will focus on those contributions that confront important methodological issues in HPS in the vicinity of Giere’s challenge most directly. … the present volume does contain attempts to address concerns about the HPS method that are often aired … . A number of contributions take a … personal tone, thereby giving the reader an interesting insight into the mindsets of HPS practitioners which one would not find in standard scholarly publications.” (Samuel Schindler, Metascience, October, 2012)

Editors and Affiliations

  • , History, Duke University, Durham, USA

    Seymour Mauskopf

  • , Philosophy, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA

    Tad Schmaltz

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