This collection of original essays offers a comprehensive examination of scientific progress, which has been a central topic in recent debates in philosophy of science.
This collection of original essays offers a comprehensive examination of scientific progress, which has been a central topic in recent debates in philosophy of science.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Yafeng Shan is Research Associate in Philosophy at the University of Kent. He is the author of Doing Integrated History and Philosophy of Science: A Case Study of the Origin of Genetics (2020) and the editor of Examining Philosophy Itself (2022).
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Introduction: Philosophical Analyses of Scientific Progress Yafeng Shan Part I: Main Philosophical Approaches 1. The Epistemic Approach: Scientific Progress as the Accumulation of Knowledge Alexander Bird 2. The Semantic Approach: Scientific Progress as Increased Truthlikeness Ilkka Niiniluoto 3. The Functional Approach: Scientific Progress as Increased Usefulness Yafeng Shan 4. The Noetic Approach: Scientific Progress as Enabling Understanding Finnur Dellsén Part II: Historical Case Studies 5. Progress in Physics: A Modular Approach Olivier Darrigol 6. Progress in Chemistry: A Cumulative and Pluralist View Robin Findlay Hendry 7. Progress in Chemistry: Themes at the Macroscopic and Microscopic Levels Paul Needham 8. Epigenetic Inheritance and Progress in Modern Biology: A Developmental System Approach Eva Jablonka 9. Progress in Seismology: Turning Data into Evidence About the Earth's Interior Teru Miyake 10. Progress in Psychology Uljana Feest 11. Progress in Sociology? Stephen Turner 12. Progress in Economics Marcel Boumans, Catherine Herfeld 13. Progress in Medicine and Medicines: Moving From Qualitative Experience to Commensurable Materialism Harold Cook Part III: Related Issues 14. Scientific Progress and Scientific Realism David Harker 15. Scientific Progress and Incommensurability Eric Oberheim 16. Scientific Progress and Aesthetic Values Milena Ivanova 17. Scientific Progress and Idealisation Insa Lawler 18. Scientific Speculation and Evidential Progress Peter Achinstein 19. Scientific Progress and Interdisciplinarity Hanne Andersen 20. A Human Rights Approach to Scientific Progress: The Deontic Framework Michela Massimi. Index
Introduction: Philosophical Analyses of Scientific Progress Yafeng Shan Part I: Main Philosophical Approaches 1. The Epistemic Approach: Scientific Progress as the Accumulation of Knowledge Alexander Bird 2. The Semantic Approach: Scientific Progress as Increased Truthlikeness Ilkka Niiniluoto 3. The Functional Approach: Scientific Progress as Increased Usefulness Yafeng Shan 4. The Noetic Approach: Scientific Progress as Enabling Understanding Finnur Dellsén Part II: Historical Case Studies 5. Progress in Physics: A Modular Approach Olivier Darrigol 6. Progress in Chemistry: A Cumulative and Pluralist View Robin Findlay Hendry 7. Progress in Chemistry: Themes at the Macroscopic and Microscopic Levels Paul Needham 8. Epigenetic Inheritance and Progress in Modern Biology: A Developmental System Approach Eva Jablonka 9. Progress in Seismology: Turning Data into Evidence About the Earth's Interior Teru Miyake 10. Progress in Psychology Uljana Feest 11. Progress in Sociology? Stephen Turner 12. Progress in Economics Marcel Boumans, Catherine Herfeld 13. Progress in Medicine and Medicines: Moving From Qualitative Experience to Commensurable Materialism Harold Cook Part III: Related Issues 14. Scientific Progress and Scientific Realism David Harker 15. Scientific Progress and Incommensurability Eric Oberheim 16. Scientific Progress and Aesthetic Values Milena Ivanova 17. Scientific Progress and Idealisation Insa Lawler 18. Scientific Speculation and Evidential Progress Peter Achinstein 19. Scientific Progress and Interdisciplinarity Hanne Andersen 20. A Human Rights Approach to Scientific Progress: The Deontic Framework Michela Massimi. Index
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