Inference, explanation, and other frustrations [world wide web resource] : essays in the philosophy of science / edited by John Earman.
Material type: TextSeries: Pittsburgh series in philosophy and history of science ; v. 14Publication details: Berkeley : University of California Press, c1992.Description: Web resource (xi, 301 p.)ISBN:- 0520075773 (alk. paper)
- 0520080440 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- 9780520075771
Series number from jacket.
"Papers delivered in the annual lecture series (1986-1989) sponsored by the University of Pittsburgh's Center for the Philosophy of Science"--Introd.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Thoroughly modern meno / Clark Glymour and Kevin Kelly -- The concept of induction in the light of the interrogative approach to inquiry / Jaakko Hintikka -- Aristotelian natures and the modern experimental method / Nancy Cartwright -- Genetic inference : a reconsideration of David Hume's empiricism / Barbara D. Massey and Gerald J. Massey -- Philosophy and the exact sciences : logical positivism as a case study / Michael Friedman -- Language and interpretation : philosophical reflections and empirical inquiry / Noam Chomsky -- Constructivism, realism, and philosophical method / Richard Boyd -- Do we need a hierarchical model of science? / Diderik Batens -- Theories of theories : a view from cognitive science / Richard E. Grandy.
Procedural syntax for theory elements / Joseph D. Sneed -- Why functionalism didn't work / Hilary Putnam -- Physicalism / Hartry Field.
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