Logic, laws, & life
Subtitle: some philosophical complications
By: editor, Robert G. Colodny ; Leonard J. Savage ... [et al.].
Contributors: Colodny, Robert Garland.; Savage, Leonard J.
Series: University of Pittsburgh series in the philosophy of science ; v. 6; University of Pittsburgh series in the philosophy of science ;; v. 6.
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
Published: 1977
Place of publication: Pittsburgh
Language: eng
Number of pages: 258
Subjects: Life sciences -- Philosophy
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Essays which have grown out of lectures presented at the annual lecture series conducted by the Center for Philosophy of Science at the University of Pittsburgh.
Table of contents: title: Colodny, R. G. Introduction.; title: Savage, L. J. The shifting foundations of statistics.; title: Griere, R. N. Testing versus information models of statistical inference.; title: Butts, R. E. Consilience of inductions and the problem of conceptual change in science.; title: Ruse, M. Is biology different from physics?; title: Machamer, P. Teleology and selective processes.; title: Schaffner, K. F. Reduction, reductionism, values, and progress in the biomedical sciences.; title: Cantril, H. Psychology and scientific inquiry.; title: Shimony, A. Is observation theory-laden?; title: Efron, R. Biology without consciousness; title: and its consequences.; title: Mandelbaum, M. Psychology and societal facts.