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This volume is dedicated to Heinz Post who proposed a rational model of scientific discovery. His account draws attention to the formal flaws in theories that motivate theory modification, the correspondence relations that hold between old and new theories and the cross-theoretic retention of symmetry and conservation principles. Exploring Post's model from a variety of perspectives, the contributors draw on a wide range of case studies from physics, chemistry and biology. This is the first work to examine one such model of heuristics in the context of detailed examples from science itself. It will be of interest to teachers, researchers and graduate students in both the history and philosophy of science and can be used as a textbook in advanced courses on scientific method.

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Author:   S. French ,  H. Kamminga
Publisher:   Springer
Imprint:   Springer
Edition:   1993 ed.
Volume:   148
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.20cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   1.600kg
ISBN:  

9780792320852

ISBN 10:   0792320859
Pages:   364
Publication Date:   30 April 1993
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Correspondence, Invariance and Heuristics.- Correspondence and Reduction in Chemistry.- Taking Antecedent Conditions Seriously: A Lesson in Heuristics From Biology.- The Rise of the ‘Fifth Force’.- Michael Faraday’s Thought: Discovery or Revelation?.- Ideology, Heuristics and Rationality in the Context of Discovery.- Towards an Acceptable Theory of Acceptance: Partial Structures, Inconsistency and Correspondence.- Tales from the Classroom: The See-Saw.- The Unnatural Nature of the Laws of Nature: Symmetry and Asymmetry.- Galilean Relativity and Galileo’s Relativity.- Pragmatic Circles in Relativistic Time Keeping.- Correspondence, Invariance and Heuristics in the Emergency of Special Relativity.- Underdetermination, Conventionalism and Realism: The Copenhagen vs. The Bohm Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics.- Measurement and Quantum Silence.- To What Physics Corresponds.- Is the End of Physics in Sight?.- Notes on Contributors.- Index of Names.- Index of Subjects.

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