Title | PSA 1972 [electronic resource] : Proceedings of the 1972 Biennial Meeting of the Philosophy of Science Association / edited by Kenneth F. Schaffner, Robert S. Cohen |
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Imprint | Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 1974 |
Connect to | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-2140-1 |
Descript | X, 452 p. online resource |
I / Symposium: Space, Time and Matter: The Foundations of Geometrodynamics -- Space, Time, and Matter: The Foundations of Geometrodynamics. Introductory Remarks -- Some Topics for Philosophical Inquiry Concerning the Theories of Mathematical Geometrodynamics and of Physical Geometrodynamics -- The Rise and Fall of Geometrodynamics -- II / Philosophical Problems of Biology and Psychology -- Elsasser, Generalized Complementarity, and Finite Classes: A Critique of His Anti-Reductionism -- Complexity and Organization -- B. F. Skinner โ The Butcher, The Baker, The Behavior-Shaper -- III / Symposium: Fundamental Problems in the Concept of Randomness -- Fundamental Problems in the Concept of Randomness. Dedication to Leonard J. Savage -- Randomness and Knowledge -- Random Thoughts about Randomness -- Randomness -- IV / Historical Issues in the Philosophy of Science -- Kant, the Dynamical Tradition, and the Role of Matter in Explanation -- V / Philosophical Problems of the Social Sciences -- The Operation Called Verstehen: Towards a Redefinition of the Problem -- On Popperโs Philosophy of Social Science -- Monistic Theories of Society -- VI / Symposium: Values, Ideology and Objectivity in the Social Sciences -- The Exact Role of Value Judgments in Science -- VII / Philosophical Problems of the Physical Sciences -- A Dilemma for the Traditional Interpretation of Quantum Mixtures -- Nowness and the Understanding of Time -- VIII / Symposium: Modality and the Analysis of Scientific Propositions -- On the Usefulness of Modal Logic in Axiomatizations of Physics -- The Essential but Implicit Role of Modal Concepts in Science -- Comments on Suppesโ Paper: The Essential but Implicit Role of Modal Concepts in Science -- Bressan and Suppes on Modality -- Replies to van Fraassenโs Comments: Bressan and Suppes on Modality -- IX / Scientific Explanation -- Statistical Explanations -- The Objects of Acceptance: Competing Scientific Explanations -- X / Truth and Realism in Science -- Is Scientific Realism a Contingent Thesis? -- Realist Foundations of Measurement -- XI / Symposium: Discovery, Rationality and Progress in Science -- Rationality and Scientific Discovery -- Discovery, Rationality, and Progress in Science: A Perspective in the Philosophy of Science -- XII / Inductive Logic -- Rationality Between the Maximizers and the Satisficers