The Structure of scientific theories
Frederick Suppe (Editor, Writer of introduction)
Print Book, English, 1977
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University of Illinois Press, Urbana, 1977
Congress
xiv, 818 pages ; 23 cm
9780252006555, 9780252006340, 0252006550, 0252006348
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The search for philosophic understanding of scientific theories / Frederick Suppe. Historical background to the received view ; Development of the received view ; Status of the received view ; Criticism of the received view ; Alternatives to the received view and their critics ; The symposium : main issues concerning the structure of theories
Proceedings of the symposium. Session I. Formulation and formalization of scientific theories : a summary-abstract / Carl G. Hempel ; Session II. The structure of theories and the analysis of data / Patrick Suppes ; Session III. History and the philosophy of science / I . Bernard Cohen ; Session IV. Science as perception-communication / David Bohm ; Session V. Hilary Putnam's 'Scientific explanation' : an editorial summary-abstract; Putnam on the corroboration of theories / Bas C. van Fraasen ; Session VI. Second thoughts on paradigms / Thomas S. Kuhn; Exemplars, theories, and disciplinary matrixes / Frederick Suppe
Session VII. Scientific theories and their domains / Dudley Shapere ; Postscript : the structure of scientific theories / Stephen Toulmin
Afterword
1977 / Frederick Suppe. Swan song for positivism ; The waning of the Weltanschauungen views ; Historical realism ; Conclusion : philosophy of science today
Includes indexes
ISBN 0-252-00634-8 Pbk : \6.30.