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Title Cognitive structures in scientific inquiry / edited by Roberto Festa, Atocha Aliseda and Jeanne Peijnenburg.

Publication Info. Amsterdam ; New York, NY : Rodopi, 2005.

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Description 1 online resource (518 pages) : illustrations.
Physical Medium polychrome
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Series Essays in debate with Theo Kuipers ; 2
Poznań studies in the philosophy of the sciences and the humanities, 0303-8157 ; 84
Essays in debate with Theo Kuipers ; 2.
Poznań studies in the philosophy of the sciences and the humanities ; 84. 0303-8157
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Bibliography of Theo A.F. Kuipers: pages 503-511.
Contents Introduction; Structures in Scientific Cognition: A Synopsis of Structures in Science. Heuristic Patterns Based on Cognitive Structures. An Advanced Textbook in Neo-Classical Philosophy of Science (2001); TYPES OF RESEARCH AND RESEARCH PROGRAMS; TYPES OF EXPLANATION; COMPUTATIONAL APPROACHES; THEORIES AND STRUCTURES; SCIENCE AND ETHICS; Bibliography of Theo A.F. Kuipers; Index of Names.
Summary This book is the second of two volumes devoted to the work of Theo Kuipers, a leading Dutch philosopher of science. Philosophers and scientists from all over the world, thirty seven in all, comment on Kuipers' philosophy, and each of their commentaries is followed by a reply from Kuipers. The present volume is devoted to Kuipers' neo-classical philosophy of science, as laid down in his Structures in Science (Kluwer, 2001). Kuipers defends a dialectical interaction between science and philosophy in that he views philosophy of science as a meta-science which formulates cognitive structures that.
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Subject Kuipers, Theo A. F., 1947- -- Bibliography.
Kuipers, Theo A. F., 1947-
Genre/Form Bibliographies.
Subject Science -- Philosophy.
Science -- Philosophy.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Bibliographies.
Added Author Festa, Roberto.
Aliseda, Atocha.
Peijnenburg, Adriana Johanna Maria, 1952-
Other Form: Print version: Cognitive structures in scientific inquiry. Amsterdam ; New York, NY : Rodopi, 2005 9042016485 (OCoLC)63049044
ISBN 1423790995 (electronic book)
9781423790990 (electronic book)
9789401201339
9401201331