Philosophy of science in the twentieth century : four central themes / Donald Gillies.
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TextPublication details: Oxford : Blackwell, 1993. ISBN: 0631158642; 0631183582Subject(s): Science -- Philosophy -- History -- 20th century | Science -- PhilosophyDDC classification: 501 | Item type | Home library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Bibliography: p[238]-244.
Pt. I. Inductivism and its Critics. 1. Some Historical Background: Inductivism, Russell and the Cambridge School, the Vienna Circle and Popper. 2. Popper's Critique of Inductivism. His Theory of Conjectures and Refutations (or Falsificationism). 3. Duhem's Critique of Inductivism -- Pt. II. Conventionalism and the Duhem-Quine Thesis. 4. Poincare's Conventionalism of 1902. 5. The Duhem Thesis and the Quine Thesis -- Pt. III. The Nature of Observation. 6. Protocol Sentences. 7. Is Observation Theory-Laden? -- Pt. IV. The Demarcation between Science and Metaphysics. 8. Is Metaphysics Meaningless? Wittgenstein, the Vienna Circle, and Popper's Critique. 9. Metaphysics in Relation to Science: The Views of Popper, Duhem, and Quine. 10. Falsificationism in the Light of the Duhem-Quine Thesis.