E-Book, Englisch, Band 173, 333 Seiten, eBook
Reihe: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science
Dilworth The Metaphysics of Science
2. Auflage 2007
ISBN: 978-1-4020-3838-9
Verlag: Springer Netherland
Format: PDF
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An Account of Modern Science in Terms of Principles, Laws and Theories
E-Book, Englisch, Band 173, 333 Seiten, eBook
Reihe: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science
ISBN: 978-1-4020-3838-9
Verlag: Springer Netherland
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark
The roots of this work lie in my earlier book, Scientific Progress, which first appeared in 1981. One of its topics, the distinction - tween scientific laws and theories, is there treated with reference to the same distinction as drawn by N. R. Campbell in his Physics: The Elements. Shortly after completing Scientific Progress, I read Rom Harré’s The Principles of Scientific Thinking, in which the concept of theory is even more clearly delineated than in Campbell, being directly connected to the notion of a model – as it was in my book. In subsequent considerations regarding science, Harré’s work thus - came my main source of inspiration with regard to theories, while Campbell’s remained my main source with respect to empirical laws. Around the same time I also read William Whewell’s Philosophy of the Inductive Sciences. In this work, Whewell depicts principles as playing a central role in the formation of science, and conceives of them in much the same way as Kant conceives of fundamental synthetic a priori judgements. The idea that science should have principles as a basic element immediately made sense to me, and from that time I have thought of science in terms of laws, theories and principles.
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Empiricism Vs. Realism – The Perennial Debate In The Philosophy Of Science.- Fundamental And Refined Principles: The Core Of Modern Science.- Empirical Laws: The Supervention Of Experience.- Scientific Theories: Closing The Circle.- The Principle-Theory-Law Model Of Scientific Explanation.- The Social Sciences: A Consideration Of Economics.- Natural Kinds.- Probability And Confirmation.- Empiricism Vs. Realism Revisited.- Modern Science And The Future.
