Scientific Procedures - gebonden uitgave, pocketboek

EAN (ISBN-13): 9789027701473
ISBN (ISBN-10): 9027701474
Gebonden uitgave
Verschijningsjaar: 1972
Uitgever: Springer-Verlag GmbH
290 Bladzijden
Gewicht: 0,602 kg
Taal: eng/Englisch

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ISBN/EAN: 9027701474

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90-277-0147-4, 978-90-277-0147-3
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Auteur van het boek: ales tondl, ladislav tondl
Titel van het boek: explanation, scientific procedures, boston studies the philosophy science, philosophies sciences, problems the philosophy science, studies history and philosophy science

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Gegevens van de uitgever

Auteur: L. Tondl
Titel: Boston Studies in the Philosophy of Science; Scientific Procedures - A Contribution Concerning the Methodological Problems of Scientific Concepts and Scientific Explanation
Uitgeverij: Springer; Springer Netherland
271 Bladzijden
Verschijningsjaar: 1972-07-31
Dordrecht; NL
Vertaler: David Short
Gewicht: 1,300 kg
Taal: Engels
171,19 € (DE)
175,99 € (AT)
176,00 CHF (CH)
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BB; Book; Hardcover, Softcover / Philosophie/Allgemeines, Lexika; Wissenschaftsphilosophie und -theorie; Verstehen; Interpretation; philosophy of science; semantics; science; education; reduction; C; Philosophy of Science; Religion and Philosophy; EA

I. The Concept of ‘Science’ as Cognitive Activity.- 1. Aspects of the Concept of Science.- 2. The Goals of Science as Cognitive Activity sui generis.- 3. Scientific Cognition as the Solution of Problems.- II. On the Approach to Models of Scientific Procedures.- 1. Scientific Procedures as Operations with Data.- 2. The Metatheoretical Character of the Analysis of Scientific Procedures.- 3. The Finitistic Approach.- III. The Empirical Basis and the Analysis of ‘Universe of Discourse’.- 1. Schemata of the Analysis.- (a) External Specification of the Universe.- (b) Internal Analysis of the Universe.- 2. The Communication Model and the Problem of Scientific Empiricism.- (a) The Communication Model of Cognitive Activity.- (b) The Communication Model and the Problem of Semantic Analysis.- (c) The Problem of Levels.- (d) The Communication Model and the Concept of ‘Experience’.- 3. The Universe and the Language Used.- (a) The Entities of the Universe.- (b) The Language Devices Used.- IV. Concepts of The Language of Science.- 1. Names, Descriptions and Statements.- (a) Singular and Divided Reference.- (b) Proper Names and Descriptions.- (c) Singular and General Statements.- 2. Predicates.- (a) The Linguistic Form of Predicates.- (b) Interpretations of Predicates.- (c) A Criticism of the Nominalistic Interpretation of Predicates.- (d) ‘Primary’ and ‘Secondary’ Qualities.- 3. The Classification of Predicates in the Language of Science: Qualitative, Comparative and Quantitative Predicates.- (a) Qualitative Predicates.- (b) Comparative Predicates.- (c) Quantitative Predicates.- 4. The Classification of Predicates: Empirical, Dispositional and Theoretical Predicates.- (a) Empirical and Dispositional Predicates.- (b) Theoretical Predicates.- 5. Similarity and Identification of Objects.- (a) Semantic Background.- (b) The Finitistic Conception of Identification.- (c) Similarity of Objects.- (d) The Problems of Reduction in Identification Procedures.- V. Scientific Explanation.- 1. Problem-Solving Situations and Questions in Science.- (a) The Concept of ‘Problem-Solving Situation’ and the Role of Questions in Problem-Solving Situations.- (b) Problem-Solving Situations Based on Whether-Questions.- (c) Problem-Solving Situations Based on Which-Questions.- (d) Why-Questions and the Problem of Scientific Explanation.- 2. The Concepts of ‘Explanation’ and ‘Scientific Explanation’.- (a) Requirements Imposed on Explanation.- (b) Scientific Explanation and Description.- (c) The Most Important Kinds of Explanation.- 3. The Typology of Scientific Explanation.- (a) The Commonest Typologies.- (b) Classificational Criteria of the Typology of Scientific Explanation.- (c) Classification Based on the Nature of the Explanandum.- (d) Classification Based on the Nature of Laws.- (e) Classification Based on the Relations Between Explanandum and Explanans.- (f) Classification from the Viewpoint of Pragmatic Requirements.- 4. Scientific Laws and Their Evaluation.- (a) Laws: General Statement or Rules of Inference? A Criticism of Instrumentalism.- (b) Scientific Laws and Accidental Generalizations.- (c) The Measure of Explanatory and Predictive Power as a Criterion of Qualification of Scientific Laws.- 5. Scientific Explanation and Decision-Making.- (a) Deductive Models of Scientific Explanation.- (b) Statistical Models of Scientific Explanation.- (c) The Decision Model.- 6. Explanation and Prediction.- (a) The Scientific Basis of Prognostic Statements and the Thesis of the Structural Identity of Explanation and Prediction.- (b) Prognostic Statements and Problems of the Time Factor.- (c) Justified Prognostic Statements and Their Evaluation.