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基本説明
Topics: experiment and observation, evolution, molecular and developmental biology, cognitive science, feminist philosophy of science, quantum theories, and more.
Full Description
This volume presentsa definitive introduction to the core areas of philosophy of science.
Contents
Notes on Contributors vii
Preface x
1.A Brief Historical Introduction to the Philosophy of Science 1
Peter Machamer
2.Philosophy of Science: Classic Debates, Standard Problems, Future Prospects 18
John Worrall
3.Explanation 37
Jim Woodward
4.Structures of Scientific Theories 55
Carl F. Craver
5.Reduction, Emergence and Explanation 80
Michael Silberstein
6.Models, Metaphors and Analogies 108
Daniela Bailer-Jones
7.Experiment and Observation 128
James Bogen
8.Induction and Probability 149
Alan Hajek and Ned Hall
9.Philosophy of Space-Time Physics 173
Craig Callender and Carl Hoefer
10.Interpreting Quantum Theories 199
Laura Ruetsche
11.Evolution 227
Roberta L. Millstein
12.Molecular and Developmental Biology 252
Paul Griffiths
13.Cognitive science 272
Rick Grush
14.Philosophy of Social Science 290
Harold Kincaid
15.Feminist Philosophy of Science 312
Lynn Hankinson Nelson
Index 332