Scientific pluralism
By: Stephen H. Kellert, Helen E. Longino, and C. Kenneth Waters, editors.
Contributors: Kellert, Stephen H.; Longino, Helen E.; Waters, C. Kenneth, 1956-
Series: Minnesota studies in the philosophy of science -- v. 19
Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Minneapolis, MN
Language: eng
Number of pages: 248
ISBN-13: 9780816647637; 9780816647637; 9789780816643
Subjects: Science -- Philosophy; Pluralism
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: the pluralist stance / Stephen H. Kellert, Helen E. Longino, and C. Kenneth Waters; title: The many unities of science : politics, semantics, and ontology / Alan W. Richardson; title: Perspectival pluralism / Ronald N. Giere; title: Plurality and complementarity in quantum dynamics / Michael Dickson; title: Pluralism and the foundations of mathematics / Geoffrey Hellman and John L. Bell; title: Pluralisms in economics / Esther-Mirjam Sent; title: Theoretical pluralism and the scientific study of behavior / Helen E. Longino; title: A new/old (pluralist) resolution of the mind-body problem / C. Wade Savage; title: Explanations of the evolution of sex : a plurality of local mechanisms / Carla Fehr; title: A pluralist interpretation of gene-centered biology / C. Kenneth Waters; title: Disciplinary pluralism for science studies / Stephen H. Kellert.