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A collection of papers on philosophy of science, conceptual history of science, and sociology of science written by Taiwanese scholars. Some of the essays included show Orientals study topics that are typically Western philosophy of science; others show how traditional topics in the history of Chinese science (mathematics, optics and geology) could be studied with high sensitivity to the philosophy and sociology of science. It also touches upon issues of the ""autonomous"" development of social sciences in Taiwan, a society whose academic researchers are greatly influenced by the West. This work should be of interest to scholars of philosophy of science, philosophy of language and psychology, history of Chinese science, history of science in East Asia and history of mathematics.

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Author:   Cheng-Hun Lin ,  Daiwie Fu
Publisher:   Springer
Imprint:   Springer
Edition:   1993 ed.
Volume:   141
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.70cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   1.310kg
ISBN:  

9780792317661

ISBN 10:   0792317661
Pages:   276
Publication Date:   31 December 1992
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

I/Philosophy of Science.- On the Analytic and the Synthetic.- Solutions to the Paradoxes of Confirmation, Goodman’s Paradox, and Two New Theories of Confirmation.- Hempel on Inductive Shortcomings in Craigian Method.- Confirmation Logic and Its Applications.- Popper’s Logical Analysis of Basic Statements.- The Evolution of Science: Theoretic Recombination as a Selection Process.- Eliminative Materialism and Connectionism.- II/Conceptual History of Science.- Problem Domain, Taxonomy, and Comparativity in Histories of Science — With a Case Study in the Comparative History of ‘Optics’.- From One Gnomon to Two Gnomons: A Methodological Study of the Method of Double Differences.- Chinese Mathematics at the Turn of the 19th Century: Jiao Xun, Wang Lai and Li Rui.- Bao Qi-Shou (???) and His Polyhedral Hun Yuan Tu (???).- The Development of Geology in Republican China, 1912–1937.- Local Contexts, Strategies and Sinicization: A Case Study of the Sinicization Formulation in the Social Sciences of Taiwan (1970s—1980s).- Notes on Contributors.

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