An Introduction to the Philosophy of Science With an Epilogue by Brand Blanshard.

Language: English

Published by New York: The Free Press. London: Collier-Macmillan Limited., 1962

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444 S. Ehemaliges Bibliotheksexemplar mit den üblichen Merkmalen, wenige handschriftliche Vermerke auf der ersten Seite des Vorworts, sonst in gutem Zustand, Text sauber. Former library copy with the usual marks, a few handwritten notes on the first page of the preface, otherwise in good condition, text clean. No dust jacket. --- CONTENTS: PREFACE FOR GENERAL READERS - - PREFACE FOR INSTRUCTORS - - PART ONE Meaning and Verifiability - - INTRODUCTION Science and Philosophical Criticism - - 1 Semantical Concepts - - Semantic Meaning and Verifiability Semantic and Pragmatic Meaning Syntactic Meaning A Priori and Empirical Statements Meaning and Meaningfulness - - 2 Verifiability, Confirmability, and the Empiricist Language - - Verification and Confirmation Logical and Empirical Possibility of Confirmation Knowing the Truth-Condition and Knowing a Method of Verification Meaningfulness and Observation Statements Reducibility of Meaningful Terms to Observable Predicates Complete and Incomplete Definition Operationism and Ambiguity of Symbols Is a Statement Composed of Meaningful Terms Necessarily Confirmable? - - 3 Theoretical Constructs and the Limitations of Operationism - - The Impossibility of Introducing Theoretical Constructs by Reduction Chains The Argument from the Application of Mathematics Postulational Definition and Partial Interpretation Relativization of Significance to Theories - - 4 The Principle of Verifiability in Physics and Psychology - - The Law of Inertia and Absolute Time Einstein and Simultaneity Force and Absolute Motion Behaviorism and the Postulate of Public Verifiability - - PART TWO Mathematics, Logic, and Experience - - 5 The Nature of Arithmetical Statements - - A Priori Knowledge and Analytic Statements Are the Equations of Arithmetic Analytic? The Logicist Interpretation of Arithmetic Mill's Empiricism - - 6 The Laws of Logic - - Tautologies and Analytic Statements Tautologies and Linguistic Conventions - - 7 Geometry - - The Question of Synthetic A Priori Knowledge about Space Non-Euclidean Geometry and the Question of Consistency Physical Geometry and Poincaré's Conventionalism - - 8 Logical Analysis of Measurement - - Quantity and Quality The Topological Conditions of Measurement The Metrical Conditions of Measurement; Additivity Derived Measurement - - PART THREE Induction and Probability - - 9 Deductive and Inductive Inference - - Inadequacy of the Traditional Definition Classification of Inductive Inferences The Concept of Truth-Frequency - - 10 Induction by Elimination and Its Postulates Mill's Theory of Induction The Charge of Circularity Addition and Multiplication of Probabilities Keynes' Theory of Induction The Attempt to Justify Induction by Postulates - - 11 The Frequency Interpretation of Probability - - Exposition Some Standard Objections to the "Limiting-Frequency" Interpretation The Problem of the "Infinity" of the Reference Class - - 12 The Range Interpretation of Probability - - The Laplacian Definition and the Principle of Indifference Logical and Statistical Probability - - 13 The Probability of Universal and Statistical Hypotheses - - The Frequency Interpretation Carnap's "Qualified-Instance Confirmation" Is Bayes' Theorem of Any Use? Likelihood Utilitarian Justifications Maximum The Neyman-Pearson Theory of Testing Statistical Hypotheses Concluding Reflections on the "Justification of Induction" - - PART FOUR Causality and Laws of Nature - - 14 Causation as Regular Succession - - The Contingency of Causal Propositions Refinement of a Regularity Analysis The Plurality of Causes Sequences Can a Causal Connection Be Observation? Motivational Causation Coincidental and Causal Established by a Single Contiguity and Memory - - 15 Counterfactuals and Dispositions - - Material, Analytic, and Causal Implication The Problem of the "Square of Opposition" The Problem of Explicit Definition of Disposition Concepts Probabilistic Dispositions - - 16 What Is a Law of Nature? - - Lawlike Genera.…

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Title
An Introduction to the Philosophy of Science With an Epilogue by Brand Blanshard.
Author
Pap, Arthur:
Publisher
New York: The Free Press. London: Collier-Macmillan Limited.
Publication year
1962
Condition
Gut
Binding
Gewebe ; cloth
Language
English
Item weight
550 grams
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