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Perception, Theory, and Commitment: The New Philosophy of Science
University of Chicago Press, 1979 Paper: 978-0-226-07618-8
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With originality and clarity, Harold Brown outlines first the logical empiricist tradition and then the more historical and process-oriented approach he calls the “new philosophy of science.” Examining the two together, he describes the very transition between them as an example of the kind of change in historical tradition with which the new philosophy of science concerns itself. “I would recommend it to every historian of science and to every philosopher of science. . . . I found it clear, readable, accurate, cogent, insightful, perceptive, judicious, and full of original ideas.” —Maurice A. Finocchiaro, Isis “The best and most original aspect of the book is its overall conception.” —Thomas S. Kuhn Harold I. Brown is professor of philosophy at Northern Illinois University. AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY
Harold I. Brown is professor of philosophy at Northern Illinois University. He is the author of Observation and Objectivity and Rationality. TABLE OF CONTENTS
Acknowledgements Introduction Part 1 - Logical Empiricist Philosophy of Science 1. The Origins of Logical Empiricism Humean Empiricism Logicism Logical Positivism, the Vienna Circle Logical Empiricism 2. Confirmation The Paradoxes of Confirmation Confirmation and Extensional Logic Goodman's Attack on Syntactical Analyses of Confirmation 3. Theoretical Terms Explicit Definition Reduction Sentences Craig's Theorem Correspondence Rules 4. Explanation Deductive Explanation Statistical Explanation Explanation and Truth 5. Falsification Strict Falsificationism Basic Statements Conclusion: Toward a New Understanding Part II - The New Image of Science 6. Perception and Theory Significant Perception Three Problems 7. Presuppositions Normal Science Paradigmatic Propositions The Scientist's World 8. Scientific Revolutions The Copernican Revolution Conceptual Change Relativity Scientific Revolutions 9. Discovery The Context of Discovery and the Context of Justification Dialectic Scientific Discovery Scientific Change 10. Toward a New Epistemology Rationality Scientific Knowledge and Scientific Truth Objectivity Descriptions and Norms Presuppositions and Problems Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index See other books on: Commitment | New Philosophy | Perception | Philosophy & Social Aspects | Theory See other titles from University of Chicago Press |
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