![]() Contemporary Debates in Philosophy of Science
ISBN: 978-1-4051-0151-6
Hardcover
368 pages
January 2004, Wiley-Blackwell
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About the Contributors.
Preface.
Introduction: What is the Philosophy of Science.
Part I: Do Thought Experiments Transcend Empiricism?.
Part II: Does Probability Capture the Logic of Scientific Confirmation or Justification?.
Part III: Can a Theory's Predictive Success Warrant Belief in the Unobservable Entities it Postulates?.
Part IV: Are There Laws in the Social Sciences?.
Part V: Are Causes Physically Connected to their Effects?.
Part VI: Is There a Puzzle about the Low Entropy Past?.
Part VII: Do Genes Encode Information About Phenotypic Traits.
Part VIII: Is the Mind a System of Modules Shaped by Natural Selection?.
Index
Preface.
Introduction: What is the Philosophy of Science.
Part I: Do Thought Experiments Transcend Empiricism?.
Part II: Does Probability Capture the Logic of Scientific Confirmation or Justification?.
Part III: Can a Theory's Predictive Success Warrant Belief in the Unobservable Entities it Postulates?.
Part IV: Are There Laws in the Social Sciences?.
Part V: Are Causes Physically Connected to their Effects?.
Part VI: Is There a Puzzle about the Low Entropy Past?.
Part VII: Do Genes Encode Information About Phenotypic Traits.
Part VIII: Is the Mind a System of Modules Shaped by Natural Selection?.
Index
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