| Description |
ix, 441 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
Minnesota studies in the philosophy of science ; v. 4
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Minnesota studies in the philosophy of science ; v. 4.
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| Note |
The first group of papers presented here evolved from a conference held in May, 1966 at the Minnesota Center for Philosophy of Science; the second group from essays by the staff of the Center and its visitors during 1969-70. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliography and indexes. |
| Contents |
The "orthodox" view of theories: remarks in defense as well as critique / Herbert Feigl -- Against method: outline of an anarchistic theory of knowledge / Paul K. Feyerabend -- A picture theory of theory meaning / N. R. Hanson -- On the "standard conception" of scientific theories / Carl G. Hempel -- An inductive logic of theories / Mary Hesse -- Structural realism and the meaning of theoretical terms / Grover Maxwell -- Notes on Feyerabend and Hanson / Joseph Margolis -- The crisis in philosophical semantics / William W. Rozeboom -- On the relation of topological to metrical structure / William Demopoulos -- Asymmetries and mind-body perplexities Keith Gunderson Psychological determinism and human rationality: a psychologist's reactions to professor Karl popper's "of clouds and clocks / Paul E. Meehl -- Nuisance variables and the ex post facto design / Paul E. Meehl -- Some methodological reflections on the difficulties of psychoanalytic research / Paul E. Meehl --Popper and laplace / Michael Radner |
| Subject |
Physics -- Philosophy.
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Physics -- Philosophy. |
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Science -- Philosophy.
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Science -- Philosophy. |
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Science -- Philosophy. |
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Psychology -- Methodology. |
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Sciences -- Philosophie. |
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Psychologie -- Méthodologie. |
| Added Author |
Radner, Michael.
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Winokur, Stephen, 1941-
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| ISBN |
0816605912 : |
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