Title: Readings in the philosophy of science /
Authors: Brody, Baruch A.; Grandy, Richard E.
Publisher: Prentice Hall,
Year: 1989
Subjects: Science Philosophy; Science Methodology
Contents: Theories as partially interpreted formal systems / Rudolf Carnap -- A logical appraisal of operationism / Carl G. Hempel -- The ontological status of theoretical entities / Grover Maxwell -- Do we see through a microscope? / Ian Hacking -- Models and theories / Marshall Spector -- To save the phenomena / Bas C. van Fraassen -- The reality of causes in a world of instrumental laws / Nancy Cartwright -- The anti-realist epistemology of van Fraassen's The scientific image / Paul M. Churchland -- Explanation and reference / Hilary Putnam -- And not anti-realism either / Arthur Fine -- How to be a good empiricist : a plea for tolerance in matters epistemological / P.K. Feyerabend -- Reason, reference, and the quest for knowledge / Dudley Shapere.