Newton deplored speculation in science, Einstein reveled in it. What exactly are scientific speculations? Are they ever legitimate? Are they subject to constraints? This book defends a pragmatic approach to these issues and applies it to speculations within science (e.g., ones in fundamental physics) and to speculations about science (e.g., ones about simplicity, holism, and a "Theory of Everything").
Newton deplored speculation in science, Einstein reveled in it. What exactly are scientific speculations? Are they ever legitimate? Are they subject to constraints? This book defends a pragmatic approach to these issues and applies it to speculations within science (e.g., ones in fundamental physics) and to speculations about science (e.g., ones about simplicity, holism, and a "Theory of Everything").
Peter Achinstein who received his B.A. and Ph.D. degrees from Harvard, is the author of seven influential books in the philosophy of science, including Particles and Waves: Historical Essays in the Philosophy of Science (OUP 1991), which received the Lakatos Award in 1993. A festschrift in his honor, Philosophy of Science Matters: The Philosophy of Peter Achinstein, was published by Oxford University Press in 2011.
Inhaltsangabe
Chapter 1: Scientific Speculation: A Pragmatic Approach Chapter 2: The Complex Story Of Simplicity: Ontological and Epistemic Speculations Chapter 3: Non-Epistemic Simplicity: Maxwell, Newton, and Speculation Chapter 4: Holism Vs. Particularism: An Evidential Debate ("Find the Ether") Chapter 5: The Ultimate Speculation: A "Theory Of Everything" (What Is It, and Why Should We Want One?) Chapter 6: Summing Up
Chapter 1: Scientific Speculation: A Pragmatic Approach Chapter 2: The Complex Story Of Simplicity: Ontological and Epistemic Speculations Chapter 3: Non-Epistemic Simplicity: Maxwell, Newton, and Speculation Chapter 4: Holism Vs. Particularism: An Evidential Debate ("Find the Ether") Chapter 5: The Ultimate Speculation: A "Theory Of Everything" (What Is It, and Why Should We Want One?) Chapter 6: Summing Up
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