The Philosophy of Historical Case Studies
Editors: Sauer, Tilman, Scholl, Raphael (Eds.)
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- Discusses criteria for evaluating historical case studies
- Advances the field of integrated history and philosophy of science
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This volume collects reflections on the role of philosophy in case studies in the history of science. Case studies have played a prominent role in recent history and philosophy of science. They have been used to illustrate, question, explore, or explicate philosophical points of view. Even if not explicitly so, historical narratives are always guided by philosophical background assumptions. But what happens if different philosophies lead to different narratives of the same historical episodes? Can historical case studies decide between competing philosophical viewpoints? What are the criteria that a case study has to fulfill in order to be philosophically relevant? Bringing together leading practitioners in the fields of history and philosophy of the physical and the life sciences, this volume addresses this methodological problem and proposes ways of rendering explicit philosophical assumptions of historical work.
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Introduction
Pages 1-8
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How to Save the Symmetry Principle
Pages 11-29
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“Baseline” and “Snapshot”: Philosophical Reflections on an Approach to Historical Case Studies
Pages 31-47
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Two Modes of Reasoning with Case Studies
Pages 49-67
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Towards a Methodology for Integrated History and Philosophy of Science
Pages 69-91
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Table of contents (14 chapters)
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Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- The Philosophy of Historical Case Studies
- Editors
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- Tilman Sauer
- Raphael Scholl
- Series Title
- Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science
- Series Volume
- 319
- Copyright
- 2016
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing
- Copyright Holder
- Springer International Publishing Switzerland
- eBook ISBN
- 978-3-319-30229-4
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-3-319-30229-4
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-3-319-30227-0
- Softcover ISBN
- 978-3-319-80755-3
- Series ISSN
- 0068-0346
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- VIII, 296
- Number of Illustrations
- 25 b/w illustrations
- Topics
