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 Joelle Proust | 35 |
3 Einstein Kant and the Origins of Logical Empiricism Don Howard | 45 |
Einsteins Disenchantment Thomas Oberdan | 107 |
4 Scientific Explanation and Equivalent Descriptions Felix Miihlholzer | 119 |
Reichenbach on Realism Wesley Salmon | 139 |
5 Descriptive and Inductive Simplicity Ilkka Niiniluoto | 147 |
7 Reichenbach on Quantum Mechanics Itamar Pitowsky | 195 |
8 On Reichenbachs Principle of the Common Cause Wolfgang Spohn | 211 |
9 Camap Hempel and Reichenbach on Scientific Realism Wesley Salmon | 237 |
Metaphysics Science and the RealismInstrumentalism Controversy Paolo Parrini | 255 |
Camap on Realism Wesley Salmon | 279 |
11 Functionalist Theories of Meaning and the Defense of Analyticity Richard Creath | 287 |
12 Camap and Quine Neil Tennant | 305 |
Comment W V Quine | 345 |
6 The Problem of Operational Definitions Andreas Kamiah | 171 |
Comment Joelle Proust | 191 |
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