Logic, Language, and the Structure of Scientific TheoriesWesley C. Salmon, Gereon Wolters University of Pittsburgh Pre, 15. jan. 1994 - 376 strani This volume honors and examines the founders of the philosophy of logical empiricism. Historical and interpretive essays clarify the scientific philosophies of Carnap, Reichenbach, Hempel, Kant, and others, while exploring the main topics of logical empiricist philosophy of science. |
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Comment | 35 |
Einstein Kant and the Origins of Logical Empiricism | 45 |
Comment | 107 |
Scientific Explanation and Equivalent Descriptions | 119 |
Comment | 139 |
Descriptive and Inductive Simplicity | 147 |
Reichenbach on Quantum Mechanics | 195 |
On Reichenbachs Principle of the Common Cause | 211 |
Carnap Hempel and Reichenbach on Scientific Realism | 237 |
With Carnap Beyond Carnap Metaphysics Science and the RealismInstrumentalism Controversy | 255 |
Comment | 279 |
Functionalist Theories of Meaning and the Defense of Analyticity | 287 |
Carnap and Quine | 305 |
Comment | 345 |
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