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Interdisciplinarity in Philosophy of Science
Journal for General Philosophy of Science, 2014This paper examines various ways in which philosophy of science can be interdisciplinary. It aims to provide a map of relations between philosophy and sciences, some of which are interdisciplinary. Such a map should also inform discussions concerning the question “How much philosophy is there in the philosophy of science?” In Sect.
Kaiser, Marie I. +2 more
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2018
Philosophy of science studies the methods, theories, and concepts used by scientists. It mainly developed as a field in its own right during the twentieth century and is now a diversified and lively research area. This book surveys the current state of the discipline by focusing on central themes such as confirmation of scientific hypotheses ...
Cozic, Mikaël +2 more
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Philosophy of science studies the methods, theories, and concepts used by scientists. It mainly developed as a field in its own right during the twentieth century and is now a diversified and lively research area. This book surveys the current state of the discipline by focusing on central themes such as confirmation of scientific hypotheses ...
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Nursing and the philosophy of science
Nurse Education Today, 1991Throughout its history, nursing has struggled with definitional issues. Embedded firmly in tradition mothering roles according to McCloskey and Grace (1985), nursing has found it difficult to make transitions into the professional and scientific realms. The professional and scientific status of nursing may not be as gloomy as McCloskey and Grace put it.
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Philosophy of Language and Philosophy of Science
PSA: Proceedings of the Biennial Meeting of the Philosophy of Science Association, 1974For over a hundred years, one of the dominant tendencies in the philosophy of science has been verificationism: that is, the doctrine that to know the meaning of a scientific proposition (or of any proposition, according to most verificationists) is to know what would be evidence for that proposition.
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Science and the Philosophy of Science
Philosophy of Science, 1938There are some indications that the philosophy of science is reaching the age of discretion. Now, as I understand it, the age of discretion is characterized by self-examination. Youth is a period of blundering enthusiasm. But maturity demands the sobering influence of principles, perspectives and techniques.
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Sociologism in Philosophy of Science
Metaphilosophy, 1972SummaryIn a nutshell, the present essay claims this: First, the classical problem of knowledge has recently shifted from, How do I know? to, How do we know?–from psychology to sociology. As a phenomenological matter this is a great improvement, as a solution to the problem of rationality it is erroneous and immoral.
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Bayesian Philosophy of Science
2019“Bayesian Philosophy of Science” addresses classical topics in philosophy of science, using a single key concept—degrees of beliefs—in order to explain and to elucidate manifold aspects of scientific reasoning. The basic idea is that the value of convincing evidence, good explanations, intertheoretic reduction, and so on, can all be captured by the ...
Sprenger, Jan, Hartmann, Stephan
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2011
Preface 1. WHY PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE? The relationship between science and philosophy. Scientific questions and questions about science. Modern science as philosophy. Understanding science and understanding Western civilization 2. THE NATURE OF SCIENTIFIC EXPLANATION AND THE PHILOSOPHICAL PROBLEMS IT RAISES Defining scientific explanation.
Alex Rosenberg, Lee McIntyre
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Preface 1. WHY PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE? The relationship between science and philosophy. Scientific questions and questions about science. Modern science as philosophy. Understanding science and understanding Western civilization 2. THE NATURE OF SCIENTIFIC EXPLANATION AND THE PHILOSOPHICAL PROBLEMS IT RAISES Defining scientific explanation.
Alex Rosenberg, Lee McIntyre
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Philosophy of Cognitive Science
2009Cognitive science, which appears as an articulated group of research programs whose aim is to constitute a science of the mind, raises a number of issues from the point of view of philosophy of science. This chapter will sample the field by dealing with two main topics.
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