Philosophy of Science Matters
The Philosophy of Peter Achinstein
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP USA
- Date of Publication 9 June 2011
- ISBN 9780199738625
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages312 pages
- Size 165x239x33 mm
- Weight 590 g
- Language English 0
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Short description:
Nineteen distinguished philosophers, including four Lakatos award winners, address various aspects of Peter Achinstein's influential views on the nature of scientific evidence, explanation, and realism -- with replies from Achinstein himself
MoreLong description:
In this, the first book devoted to Peter Achinstein's influential work in philosophy of science, twenty distinguished philosophers, including four Lakatos award winners, address various aspects of Achinstein's influential views on the nature of scientific evidence, scientific explanation, and scientific realism. It includes short essays by Steve Gimbel and Jeff Maynes, Nancy Cartwright, Jordi Cat, Victor DiFate, Jerry Doppelt, Adam Goldstein, Philip Kitcher, Fred Kronz, Deborah Mayo, Greg Morgan, Helen Longino, John Norton, Michael Ruse, Bas van Fraassen, Stathis Psillos, Larry Laudan, Richard Richards, Kent Staley, and Jim Woodward with replies to each contributor from Peter Achinstein. Readers will come away with an understanding of the current debate in multiple areas of philosophy of science and how various contemporary issues are connected.
This is a wonderful collection of papers written on the work of a first-rate philosopher, and careful study of these essays is amply rewarded. Achinstein has thought long and hard about these issues, and his critics are mostly similarly experienced and insightful. With the inclusion of a final chapter with replies to his critics, this is a comprehensive collection on Achinstein's philosophy of science that will edify those familiar with his work as well as opening the door to his views for the uninitiated.
Table of Contents:
"Ordinary Language and the Unordinary Philosophy of Peter Achinstein"
"Evidence, External Validity and Explanatory Relevance"
"Maxwell, Matter and Method: Maxwellian Methodology, Maxwellianism
and Methods of Historical and Philosophical Speculation"
"Achinstein's Newtonian Empiricism"
"Evidence and Objectivity in Achinstein's Philosophy of Science"
"A Defense of Achinstein's Pragmatism About Explanation"
"On the Very Idea of a Theory of Evidence"
"Mill on the Hypothetical Method: A Discussion of Achinstein's Defense of Mill and Newton on Induction"
"Waves, Particles, Independent Tests and the Limits of Inductivism"
"What's so great about an objective concept of evidence?"
"The Objective Epistemic Probabilist and the Severe Tester"
"Achinstein and Whewell on Theoretical Coherence"
"Observationally Indistinguishable Spacetimes: A Challenge for Any Inductivist"
"Making Contact with Molecules: On Perrin and Achinstein"
"Achinstein and The Evidence for Evolution"
"The Place of Artificial Selection in Charles Darwin's Theory of Evolution Through Natural Selection"
"Evidence and Justification"
"What Was Perrin's Real Achievement?"
"Causes, Conditions, and the Pragmatics of Causal Explanation"
"Replies to Contributors"
