| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 385 pages) : illustrations. |
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polychrome |
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text file |
| Series |
Pittsburgh-Konstanz series in the philosophy and history of science
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Pittsburgh-Konstanz series in the philosophy and history of science.
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| Note |
"Fourth Pittsburgh-Konstanz Colloquium held in Pittsburgh, October 3-7, 1997"--Preface. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction, Science at the end of the century : prospects and limits of science / Martin Carrier, Gerald J. Massey, and Laura Ruetsche -- Extending ourselves / Paul Humphreys's -- Limits of generative atomism : comments on Paul Humphrey's "extending ourselves" / Peter McLaughlin -- Limits of natural science : Rescher's view / Robert Almeder -- Toward the pale : cosmological Darwinism and The Limits of Science / Laura Ruetsche -- Nicholas Rescher on The Limits of Science / Jürgen Mittelstrass -- Limits of science : replies and comments / Nicholas Rescher -- How to pile up fundamental truths incessantly : on the prospect of reconciling scientific realism with unending progress / Martin Carrier -- Can computers overcome our limitations? / Nicholas Rescher -- Limits to self-observation / Thomas Breuer -- Blinded to history? : science and the constancy of nature / Alfred Nordmann -- On kinds of timelessnes : comments on Nordmann / Richard Raatzsch. |
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Metaphors and theoretical terms : problems in referring to the mental / Hans Julius Schneider -- Unity and the limits of science / Margaret Morrison -- Limits and the future of quantum theory / Gordon N. Fleming -- Limits to biological knowledge / Alex Rosenberg -- Physicist's comment to Rosenberg / Michael Stöltzner -- Limits of experimental method : experimenting on an entangled system : the case of biophysics / Giora Hon -- On some alleged differences between physics and biology / Andreas Hüttemann -- Models of error and the limits of experimental testing / Deborah G. Mayo -- Inductive logic and the growth of methodological knowledge : comment on Mayo / Bernd Buldt -- On modeling and simulations as instruments for the study of complex systems / Manfred Stöckler. |
| Summary |
A collection of 20 essays by prominent philosophers and historians who explore and debate limits of scientific inquiry and their consequences for science in the 21st century. Constraints are addressed that are relevant for the whole of science, and possible limitations of specific branches of science are considered. Subjects discussed include reconciling scientific realism with unending progress, limits to self-observation, and models of error and limits of experimental testing. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Science -- Philosophy -- Congresses.
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Science -- Philosophy. |
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Electronic books.
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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| Added Author |
Carrier, Martin.
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Massey, Gerald J.
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Ruetsche, Laura.
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Pittsburgh-Konstanz Colloquium in the Philosophy of Science (4th : 1997 : University of Pittsburgh)
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Science at century's end 082294121X (DLC) 99050941 (OCoLC)43329025 |
| ISBN |
9780822972440 (electronic book) |
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0822972441 (electronic book) |
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082294121X |
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9780822941217 |
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0822958201 |
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9780822958208 |
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