Experience and Theory - An Essay in the Philosophy of Science

Informationen zum Autor Korner, Stephan Zusammenfassung This volume analyzes the general structure of scientific theories, their relation to experience and to non-scientific thought. Inhaltsverzeichnis Schemata of Empirical Differentiation. 2 Empirical Classes and Individuals. 3 Logic and Inexactness. 4 Empirical Continuity, Perceptual and Empirical . Predicates. 5 Empirical Generality. 6 Hypothetico-deductive Systems as Idealizations. 7 On the Mathematics of Discrete Individuals and Complexes. 8 On the Mathematics of Infinite Totalities. 9 On Probability and Statistics. 10 Quantitative Theories. 11 Idealization and the Unity of Substantive Theories. 12 The Harmony of Theory and Experience. 13 Mental Phenomena. 14 Choice. 15 On Some Assumptions of Extra-Scientific Thought

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Stephan Korner
• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 18.08.2008
• EAN: 9780415474887
• ISBN: 978-0-415-47488-7
• Seiten: 266
• Abmessung: 159 mm x 235 mm x 19 mm
• Serie: Routledge Library Editions: History & Philosophy of Science
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Philosophie > Allgemeines, Lexika; SOCIAL SCIENCE / General, PHILOSOPHY / General, SCIENCE / General, Philosophy, Philosophy of Science, Cosmology & the universe, Cosmology and the universe, Earth Sciences