The Philosophy of science
By: ed. by P.H. Nidditch
Series: Oxford readings in philosophy
Publisher: University press
Published: 1968
Place of publication: Oxford
Language: eng
Number of pages: 184
Subjects: Sciences; [études diverses]; Épistémologie; Philosophie; Science
Notes: Bibliogr. p. 178-182. Index.
Table of contents: title: How to be a good empiricist : a plea for tolerance in matters epistemological / P.K. Feyerabend; title: The terms and sentences of empirical science / G. Schlesinger; title: Explanation in science and in history / Carl G. Hempel; title: The structure of teleological explanations / Ernest Nagel; title: Meaning and action / May Brodbeck; title: Safety, strength, simplicity / Nelson Goodman; title: Inductive simplicity / Robert Ackermann; title: Self-supporting inductive arguments / Max Black; title: The circularity of a self-supporting inductive argument / Peter Achinstein; title: On the new riddle of induction / S.F. Barker and Peter Achinstein; title: Positionality and pictures / Nelson Goodman; title: The paradox of confirmation / J.L. Mackie.