Criticism And The History Of Science

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Criticism and the History of Science deals with Thomas Kuhn's, Imre Lakatos's and Paul Feyerabend's criticism of Karl Popper's falsificationist conception of science. It argues that this criticism is based on two important methodological problems: the problem that observations and best statements are fallible and impregnated with theory, and the problem of how to test complex theoretical systems. In order to solve these problems it shows how problematic test statements can be criticised and whole theoretical systems falsified. In this way the falsificationist conception of science is developed and defended in a way making a deeper understanding of science and its history possible.

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Genre : Science
Author : Gunnar Andersson
Publisher : BRILL
Release : 1994
File : 184 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9004100504


Gramsci And The History Of Dialectical Thought

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A critical reappraisal of Gramsci as a thinker and of the dialectical approach as a mode of inquiry.

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Genre : Philosophy
Author : Maurice A. Finocchiaro
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Release : 2002-04-18
File : 332 Pages
ISBN-13 : 0521892694


Ernan Mcmullin And Critical Realism In The Science Theology Dialogue

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Scientists, philosophers and theologians have wrestled repeatedly with the question of whether knowledge is similar or different in their various understandings of the world and God. Although agreement is still elusive, the epistemology of critical realism, associated with Ian Barbour, John Polkinghorne and Arthur Peacocke, remains widely credible. Relying on the lifetime work of philosopher Ernan McMullin, this book expands our understanding of critical realism beyond a permanent stand-off between the subjective and objective, whether in science or theology. Critical realism illuminates the subject and the objectively known simultaneously. Responding to criticisms made against it, this book defends critical realism in science and theology with a specific role to play in our understanding of God.

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Genre : Religion
Author : Paul L. Allen
Publisher : Routledge
Release : 2016-05-13
File : 214 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9781317141761


Critical Issues In The History Of Spaceflight

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In March 2005, the NASA History Division and the Division of Space History at the National Air and Space Museum brought together a distinguished group of scholars to consider the state of the discipline of space history. This volume is a collection of essays based on those deliberations. The meeting took place at a time of extraordinary transformation for NASA, stemming from the new Vision of Space Exploration announced by President George W. Bush in January 204: to go to the Moon, Mars, and beyond. This Vision, in turn, stemmed from a deep reevaluation of NASA?s goals in the wake of the Space Shuttle Columbia accident and the recommendations of the Columbia Accident Investigation Board. The new goals were seen as initiating a "New Age of Exploration" and were placed in the context of the importance of exploration and discovery to the American experiences. (Amazon).

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Genre : Business & Economics
Author : Stephen J. Dick
Publisher : U. S. National Aeronautics & Space Administration
Release : 2006
File : 680 Pages
ISBN-13 : STANFORD:36105130509198


Comparative Criticism Volume 13 Literature And Science

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Topics covered in this volume include literary Chinese as a language for science, the history and principles of scientific translation in Europe, the theatrical panorama in the 19th century and its roots in optical theory and experiment, and an alternative perspective on Gerard Manley Hopkins.

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Genre : Literary Criticism
Author : E. S. Shaffer
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Release : 1992-02-13
File : 352 Pages
ISBN-13 : 0521411165


Critical Approaches To Science And Philosophy

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This collection of essays, written on four continents by scientists, philosophers and humanists, was initially presented to Karl R. Popper on his sixtieth birthday as a token of critical admiration and in recognition of his work. But the volume also stands on its own as a remarkable series of statements utilizing Popper's critical vision in the study of philosophy proper, logic, mathematics, science as method and theory, and finally to the study of society and history. What is remarkable is that Popper worked in all of these areas, not in a cursory or discursive way, but with the utmost clarity and rigor. . The core position of this volume and its contributors is that the progress of knowledge is not a linear accumulation of definitive acquisitions but a zigzagging process in which counterexamples and unfavorable evidence ruin generalizations and prompt the invention of more comprehensive and sometimes deeper generalizations, to be criticized in their turn. A critical approach to problems, procedures, and results in every field of inquiry is therefore a necessary condition for the continuance of progress. The title of this volume then is, in a sense, an homage to Popper's critical rationalism and critical empiricism. The essays are a tribute to his unceasing and uncompromising quest, not for final certainty, but for closer truth and increased clarity. Among the contributors are outstanding figures in philosophy and the exact sciences in their own right, including Herbert Feigl, R. M. Hare, J.O. Wisdom, Nicholas Rescher, David Bohm, Paul K. Feyerabend, F. A. Hayek, and Adolf Grunbaum. Social science contributions include Hans Albert on social science and moral philosophy, W. B. Gallie, on the critical philosophy of history, Pieter Geyl on The Open Society and its Enemies, and George H. Nadel on the philosophy of History.

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Genre : Philosophy
Author : Mario Bunge
Publisher : Routledge
Release : 2018-10-08
File : 745 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9781351313063


Criticism And Commitment

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Genre : Philosophy
Author : E.J. Echeverria
Publisher : BRILL
Release : 2022-01-10
File : 292 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9789004455276


A Critical History And Philosophy Of Psychology

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Presents a fresh perspective that explores the development of psychology as both a human and a natural science.

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Genre : Psychology
Author : Richard T. G. Walsh
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Release : 2014-03-20
File : 729 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9780521870764


Critical Issues In The History Of Spaceflight

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Author : Steven J. Dick
Publisher : Government Printing Office
Release : 2018
File : 680 Pages
ISBN-13 : 0160877539


Historical Information Science

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Historical Information Science is an extensive review and bibliographic essay, backed by almost 6,000 citations, detailing developments in information technology since the advent of personal computers and the convergence of several social science and humanities disciplines in historical computing. Its focus is on the access, preservation, and analysis of historical information (primarily in electronic form) and the relationships between new methodology and instructional media, techniques, and research trends in library special collections, digital libraries, data archives, and museums.

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Genre : Computers
Author : Lawrence J. McCrank
Publisher : Information Today, Inc.
Release : 2001
File : 1216 Pages
ISBN-13 : 1573870714