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| BOOK I | INTRODUCTION TO PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE | 87 pages | |
| Chapter I -
Overview 1.01 Aim of Philosophy of Science 1.02 Computational Philosophy of Science 1.03 Two Perspectives on Language 1.04 Dimensions of Language 1.05 Classifications of Functional Topics 1.06 Classification of Modern Philosophies Chapter II – Three Modern Philosophies 2.01 Romanticism 2.02 Positivism 2.03 Contemporary Pragmatism Chapter III - Philosophy of Language 3.01 Synchronic and Diachronic Analysis 3.02 Object Language and Metalanguage 3.03 Dimensions of Language 3.04 Syntactical Dimension 3.05 Syntactical Rules 3.06 Mathematical Language 3.07 Logical Quantification in Mathematics 3.08 Semantical Dimension 3.09 Nominalist vs. Conceptualist Semantics 3.10 Naturalistic vs. Artifactual Semantics 3.11 Romantic Semantics 3.12 Positivist Semantics 3.13 Positivist Thesis of Meaning Variance 3.14 Positivist Analytic-Synthetic Dichotomy 3.15 Positivist Observation-Theory Dichotomy 3.16 Contemporary Pragmatist Semantics 3.17 Pragmatist Semantics Illustrated 3.18 Rejection of the Observation-Theory Dichotomy 3.19 Rejection of Meaning Invariance 3.20 Rejection of the Analytic-Synthetic Dichotomy 3.21 Semantical Rules 3.22 Componential vs. Wholistic Semantics 3.23 Componential Artifactual Semantics Illustrated 3.24 Semantic Values 3.25 Univocal and Equivocal Terms 3.26 Signification and Supposition 3.27 Aside on Metaphor 3.28 Clear and Vague Meaning 3.29 Semantics of Mathematical Language 3.30 Semantical State Descriptions 3.31 Diachronic Comparative-Static Analysis 3.32 Dynamic Diachronic Analysis 3.33 Computational Philosophy of Science 3.34 An Interpretation Issue 3.35 Ontological Dimension 3.36 Metaphysical and Scientific Realism 3.37 Ontological Relativity Defined 3.38 Ontological Relativity Illustrated 3.39 Causality 3.40 Ontology of Mathematical Language 3.41 Pragmatic Dimension 3.42 Semantic Definitions of Theory Language 3.43 Pragmatic Definition of Theory Language 3.44 Pragmatic Definition of Test-Design Language 3.45 Pragmatic Definition of Observation Language 3.46 Observation and Test Execution 3.47 Scientific Professions 3.48 Semantic Individuation of Theories Chapter IV – Philosophy of Science Topics 4.01 Institutionalized Aim of Science 4.02 Positivist Aim 4.03 Romantic Aim 4.04 More Recent Ideas 4.05 Aim of Maximizing “Explanatory Coherence” 4.06 Contemporary Pragmatist Aim 4.07 Institutional Change 4.08 Philosophy’s Cultural Lag 4.09 Cultural Lags among Sciences 4.10 Scientific Discovery 4.11 Discovery Systems 4.12 Types of Theory Development 4.13 Examples of Successful Discovery Systems 4.14 Scientific Criticism 4.15 Logic of Empirical Testing 4.16 Test Logic Illustrated 4.17 Semantics of Empirical Testing 4.18 Test-Design Revision 4.19 Empirical Underdetermination 4.20 Scientific Pluralism 4.21 Scientific Truth 4.22 Nonempirical Criteria 4.23 The “Best Explanation” Criteria 4.24 Nonempirical Linguistic Constraints 4.25 Cognition Constraint 4.26 Communication Constraint 4.27 Scientific Explanation |
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| BOOK II | ERNST MACH AND PIERRE DUHEM ON PHYSICAL THEORY | 25 pages | |
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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 TheoSemantical 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 | 50 pages | |
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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 | |
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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 | 100 pages | |
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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, Historicism, and Realism
Feyerabend's
Criticism of Popper Feyerabend's
Philosophy of Science Comments and Conclusion |
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| BOOK VII | RUSSELL HANSON, DAVID BOHM, AND OTHERS ON THE SEMANTICS OF DISCOVERY | 80 pages | |
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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 | 195 pages | |
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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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| BIBLIOGRAPHY | 18 pages | ||