Theories and observation in science
By: edited by Richard E. Grandy.
Series: Central issues in philosophy series
Publisher: Prentice-Hall
Published: 1973
Place of publication: Englewood Cliffs, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 183
Subjects: Science.; Science -- Philosophy.
Table of contents: title: Mach, E. The economical nature of physics.; title: Campbell, N. Definition of a theory.; title: Carnap, R. Testability and meaning.; title: Braithwaite, R. B. The nature of theoretical concepts and the role of models in an advanced science.; title: Hempel, C. G. The empiricist criteria of cognitive significance: problems and changes.; title: Scheffler, I. Prospects of a modest empiricism, I.; title: Smart, J. J. C. The reality of theoretical entities.; title: Maxwell, G. Theories, frameworks, and ontology.; title: Putnam, H. What theories are not.; title: Jeffrey, R. C. Review of Putnam.; title: Hanson, N. R. Observation.; title: Feyerabend, P. K. On the interpretation of scientific theories.; title: Quine, W. V. O. Posits and reality. Achinstein, P. On meaning-dependence.; title: Feyerabend, P. K. On the "meaning" of scientific terms.; title: Bibliographical essay (p. [184])