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Author:   Norwood Russell Hanson ,  Matthew D. Lund ,  Stephen Toulmin ,  Harry Woolf
Publisher:   Springer
Imprint:   Springer
Edition:   2nd ed. 2020
Volume:   38
Weight:   0.611kg
ISBN:  

9789402417418

ISBN 10:   9402417419
Pages:   377
Publication Date:   26 August 2021
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Language:   English

Table of Contents

Introduction Matthew D. Lund Part I. Philosophy of Science A Picture Theory of Theory-Meaning On Elementary Particle Theory Some Philosophical Aspects of Contemporary Cosmologies Stability Proofs and Consistency Proofs: A Loose Analogy Observation and Explanation: A Guide to Philosophy of Science Part II. History of Science Leverrier: The Zenith and Nadir of Newtonian Mechanics The Contributions of Other Disciplines to 19th Century Physics The Trial of Galileo Part III General Philosophy On Being in Two Places at Once Copernicus’ Role in Kant’s Revolution It’s Actual, so It’s Possible On Having the Same Visual Experiences Mental Events Yet Again: Retrospect on Some Old Arguments Part IV Logic Imagining the Impossible On the Impossibility of Any Future Metaphysics Good Inductive Reasons A Budget of Cross-Type Inferences, or Invention is the Mother of Necessity The Irrelevance of History of Science to Philosophy of Science The Idea of a Logic of Discovery Part V. Religion The Agnostic’s Dilemma What I Don’t Believe Part VI. The Theory of Flight Introduction Edward MacKinnon, S.J. Lecture One: The Discovery of Air Lecture Two: The Shape of an Idea Lecture Three: The Idea of a Shape

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