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BOOK I
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INTRODUCTION TO PHILOSOPHY
OF SCIENCE |
50 pages |
| Organizational
Overview Romanticism Positivism Contemporary
Pragmatism Computational Philosophy of Science
Synchronic Metalinguistic Analysis Syntax Syntactical
Rules Semantics Traditional Positivist Semantics
The Positivist Analytic–Synthetic Semantical
Dichotomy The Positivist Theory-Observation
Semantical Dichotomy Contemporary Pragmatist
Semantics Rejection of the Positivist Observation-Theory
Dichotomy Rejection of Positivist Meaning Invariance
Thesis Rejection of the Positivist Analytic-Synthetic
Dichotomy Traditional Romanticist Semantics
Semantical Rules Univocal and Equivocal Terms
Relativized Semantics Clear and Vague Meaning
Analysis of Semantical Change vs “Holism”
Semantical State Descriptions Scientific Realism
Relativized Ontology Causality Pragmatics and
Theory Language Pragmatic Definition of the
Language of Test Design and Observation Semantic
Individuation of Theories Diachronic Comparative
Static Semantical Analysis Mathematical Language
in Science Universal Quantification in Mathematical
Language in Science Semantics of Mathematical
Language in Science Ontology of Mathematical
Language in Science Aside on the Ontological
Issue in Quantum Theory Dynamic Diachronic Metalinguistic
Analysis The Institutionalized Aim of Science
Institutional Change Scientific Discovery Scientific
Criticism The Logic of Testing Empirical Decidability
and Semantics Empirical Underdetermination Scientific
Pluralism Nonempirical Linguistic Constraints
Scientific Explanation Summary
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| BOOK II |
ERNST MACH AND PIERRE
DUHEM ON
PHYSICAL THEORY
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25 pages |
Mach's
Phenomenalism Mach's Philosophy of Science Mach's
History of Mechanics Duhem on Physical Theory
and Metaphysics Duhem's Stratified Semantics
for Physics Duhem's Philosophy of Science Duhem's
History of Physics The New Physics vs the Old
Philosophy Comment and Conclusion
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| BOOK III |
RUDOLF CARNAP
ON SEMANTICAL SYSTEMS
AND W.V.O. QUINE'S PRAGMATIST CRITIQUE |
75 pages |
Logical
Constructionalism Einstein and Mathematical
vs. Physical Geometry The Aufbau and "Rational
Reconstruction" Logical Syntax of Language
Semantical Systems: Definitions and Characteristics
Semantical Systems: Ontological vs. Linguistic
Issues Semantical Systems: Physics and the Reduction
of Theories Semantical Systems: Probability
and Induction Semantical Systems: Information
Theory Shreider's Semantic Theory of Information
The Philosophy of Science Hempel's Critique
of Analyticity Carnap's Reply to Hempel Quine's
Pragmatist Critiques Quine's Critique of Reductionism
Quine's Critique of Analyticity Quine's Rejection
of First Philosophy Comment and Conclusion
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| BOOK IV |
WERNER HEISENBERG
AND THE
SEMANTICS OF QUANTUM MECHANICS
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50 pages |
Heisenberg's
Discovery and Einstein's Semantical Views Heisenberg's
Discovery and Einstein's Ontological Criteria
Bohr's Influence on Heisenberg and Issues with
Einstein Semantical Revision and Heisenberg’s
Doctrine of Closed-off Theories Bohr's "Forms
of Perception" and Neo-Kantianism On Scientific
Revolutions Heisenberg’s Philosophy of
Science Comment and Conclusion
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| BOOK V |
KARL POPPER
ON SCIENTIFIC CRITICISM
SEMANTICS OF QUANTUM MECHANICS |
40 pages |
Einstein's
Influence and the Falsificationist Thesis of
Criticism Explanation, Information, and the
Growth of Science Against Psychologism, Induction,
and Naturalistic Semantics On Computers, Induction
Machines, and Scientific Discovery The Schism
in Physics and Metaphysical Research Programmes
Lande's New Foundations of Quantum Physics Popper's
Particle-Propensity Interpretation of Quantum
Theory On Crucial Experiments and Scientific
Revolutions The Philosophy of Science Comment
and Conclusion
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| BOOK VI |
THOMAS KUHN
ON REVOLUTION AND
PAUL FEYERABEND ON ANARCHY
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80 pages |
Conant
On Prejudice And The Dynamic View Of Science
Kuhn’s Aristotle Experience Kuhn on the
Copernican Revolution Kuhn on the Structure
of Scientific Revolutions The Evolution of Kuhn’s
Philosophy Popper's Criticism of Kuhn’s
Normal Science Thesis Feyerabend on Theory Proliferation
vs. Consensus Paradigm Shapere's Criticism of
Kuhn's Concept of Paradigm Kuhn Replies Kuhn,
Normal Science, and the Academic Sociologists
Kuhn’s Linguistic Analysis of Incommensurability
Kuhn's Philosophy of Science Nagel and Feyerabend
on Meaning Variance The Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis
Feyerabend on Semantic Incommensurability Feyerabend
on Scientific Anarchy Feyerabend on Quantum
Theory Feyerabend on Relativism, Histori
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| BOOK VII |
RUSSELL
HANSON, DAVID BOHM, AND OTHERS
ON THE SEMANTICS OF DISCOVERY
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100 pages |
Bohm's
Early Copenhagen Views Bohm's Agenda for Future
Microphysics Bohm's Hidden-Variable Interpretation
of Quantum Theory Bohm’s Critique of Heisenberg’s
Copenhagen Interpretation Bohm and Bell on the
EPR Experiment and Nonlocality Bohm on Perception
and Metaphor in Scientific Discovery Bohm on
Mathematics and Scientific Discovery Bohm’s
Philosophy of Science Hanson on the Copenhagen
Interpretation and Scientific Discovery Peirce,
Retroductive Logic, and Semantical Constraints
in Discovery Hanson on Perception, Observation
and Theory Hanson's Philosophy of Science Hesse
on Models and Analogy Hesse on Metaphor Comment
and Conclusion
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| BOOK VIII |
HERBERT
SIMON, PAUL THAGARD AND OTHERS
ON DISCOVERY SYSTEMS |
165 pages |
Thagard’s
Psychologistic Computational Philosophy of Science
Thagard on Conceptual Change, Scientific Revolutions,
and System PI Thagard on Discovery by Analogy
and Systems ACME and ARCS Thagard on Criticism
by “Explanatory Coherence” Thagard
on Explanation and the Aim of Science Herbert
Simon and Logic Theorist Neoclassical Maximizing
Rationality and Weber's Ideal Types Simon's
Postulate of Bounded Rationality and "Satisficing"
Bounded Rationality, Institutionalism, and Functionalism
Human Problem Solving, Cognitive Psychology
and Heuristics On Scientific Discovery and Philosophy
of Science The Theory of Discovery Systems BACON
and Other Discovery Systems Simon's Philosophy
of Science Muth's Rational Expectations "Hypothesis"
Haavelmo's Structural-Equations Agenda And Its
Early Critics Mitchell’s Institutionalist
Critique Muth’s Rationalist Expectations
Agenda Rejection of Expectations Data and Evolution
of VAR Models Litterman's BVAR Models and Discovery
System Hickey's Metascience or "Logical
Pragmatism" Hickey’s Linguistic Analysis
Hickey’s Functional Analysis Hickey's
METAMODEL Discovery System Parsons’ Romantic
Sociology Habermas on Weber Merton’s Critique
of Parsons Lundberg’s Positivist Sociology
The METAMODEL System Applied to Sociology A
Pragmatist Critique of Academic Sociology’s
Weltanschauung The “Last Sociologist”
Sonquist on Simulating the Research Analyst
with AID Comment and Conclusion
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