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Author:   Joseph Agassi
Publisher:   Springer
Imprint:   Springer
Edition:   Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1981
Volume:   65
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 2.80cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.848kg
ISBN:  

9789400984394

ISBN 10:   9400984391
Pages:   536
Publication Date:   08 December 2011
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

1. Introduction: Science in Its Social Setting.- 2. The Present State of the Philosophy of Science.- 3. Was Wittgenstein Really Necessary?.- 4. Epistemology as an Aid to Science.- 5. Externalism.- 6. The Autonomy of Science.- 7. The Legitimation of Science.- 8. Sociologism in Philosophy of Science.- 9. Revolutions in Science, Occasional or Permanent?.- 10. Cultural Lag in Science.- 11. Storage and Communication of Knowledge.- 12. The Economics of Scientific Publications.- 13. Revising the Referee System.- 14. Scientific Schools and Their Success.- 15. Genius in Science.- 16. Scientists as Sleepwalkers.- 17. The Logic of Scientific Inquiry.- 18. The Choice of Scientific Problems.- 19. Between Metaphysics and Methodology.- 20. Research Project.- 21. The Methodology of Research Projects: A Sketch.- 22. Continuity and Discontinuity in the History of Science.- 23. Three Views of the Renaissance of Science.- 24. On Explaining the Trial of Galileo.- 25. The Origins of the Royal Society.- 26. The Ideological Import of Newton.- 27. Sir John Herschel’s Philosophy of Success.- 28. What Makes for a Scientific Golden Age?.- 29. Max Weber’s Scientific Religion.- 30. On Pursuing the Unattainable.- 31. Faith Has Nothing to do With Rationality.- 32. Rationality and the Tu Quoque Argument.- 33. Technocracy and Scientific Progress.- 34. Standards to Live By.- Bibliography of Joseph Agassi.- Index of Names.- Index of Subjects.

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