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Realism, Rationalism and Scientific Method - Philosophical Papers

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Klappentext Philosophical Papers: Volume 1: Realism! rationalism and scientific method. Volume 2: Problems of empiricism. Zusammenfassung Over the past 30 years of the 20th century! Paul Feyerabend has developed a distinctive and influentical approach to problems in the philosophy of science. The most important and seminal of his published essays are collected here. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction to volumes 1 and 2; Part I. On The Interpretation of Scientific Theories: 1. Introduction: scientific realism and philosophical realism; 3. An attempt at a realistic interpretation of scientific theories; 4. Explanation, reduction and empiricism; 5. On the 'meaning' of scientific terms; 6. Reply to criticism: comments on Smart, Sellars and Putnam; 7. Science without experience; Part II. Applications and Criticisms: 8. Introduction: proliferation and realism as methodological principles; 9. Linguistic arguments and scientific method; 10. Materialism and the mind-body problem; 11. Realism and instrumentalism: comments on the logic of factual support; 12. A note on the problem of induction; 13. On the quantum theory of measurement; 14. Professor Bohm's philosophy of nature; 15. Reichenbach's interpretation of quantum mechanics; 16. Niels Bohr's world view; 17. Hidden variables and the argument of Einstein, Podolsky and Rosen; Sources; Name index; Subject index.

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Authors Paul K. Feyerabend
Publisher Cambridge University Press ELT
 
Languages English
Product format Paperback / Softback
Released 30.06.1985
 
EAN 9780521316422
ISBN 978-0-521-31642-2
No. of pages 368
Series Philosophical Papers (Cambridg
Philosophical Papers (Cambridg
Subjects Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries
Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works

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