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Contents    
BOOK I
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

BOOK II ERNST MACH AND PIERRE DUHEM ON
PHYSICAL THEORY
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
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

BOOK IV WERNER HEISENBERG AND THE
SEMANTICS OF QUANTUM MECHANICS
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

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

BOOK VI THOMAS KUHN ON REVOLUTION AND
PAUL FEYERABEND ON ANARCHY
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

BOOK VII RUSSELL HANSON, DAVID BOHM, AND OTHERS
ON THE SEMANTICS OF DISCOVERY
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

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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