Thomas Nickles Editor Introduction (1 results)

Soft cover. Condition: New. 1st Edition. Text/NEW & Bright. Softcover/NF with a whisper of edge wear. 1980, Vol. 56 of the Boston Studies in the Philosophy of Science series. Edited by internationally admired historian, philosopher of science & pragmatism, Professor Thomas Nickles (1943- ). Volume covers 16 presentations at the Leonard Memorial Conference in Philosophy, Univ. of Nevada, Reno, of 1978. Titles & authors' last names are: 1. Scientific Discovery & the Future of Philosophy (Nickles); 2, The Character of Scientific Change (Shapere); 3, Discovery & Rule-Books (Achinstein); 4, Analysis as a Method of Discovery During the Scientific Revolution (Koertge); 5, The Method of Analysis in Mathematics (Marchi); 6, Why Was the Logic of Discovery Abandoned? (Laudan); 7, The Rationality of Discovery (Agassi); 8, The Logic of Discovery: An Analysis of Three Approaches (Curd); 9, The Logic of Invention (Gutting); 10, Scientific Discoveries as Growth of Understanding: The Case of Newton's Gravitation (Finocchiaro); 11, The Vanishing Context of Discovery: Newton's Discovery of Gravity (Hattiangadi); 12,The Role of Models in Theory Construction (Leplin); 13, Can Scientific Constraints be Biolated Rationally? (Nickles); 14, Why Philosophers Should Not Despair of Understanding Scientific Discovery (Burian); 15, Productive Reasoning & the Structure of Scientific Research (Monk); and 16, Structural Explanations in Social Science (Causey), followed by 2 Indices. 388 pages.