Turkish Studies in the History and Philosophy of Science

The present book, which contains seventeen newly commissioned articles, aims to give a rich overview of the current state of research by Turkish philosophers and historians of science. Topics covered address issues in methodology, causation, and reduction, and include philosophy of logic and physics...

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Λεπτομέρειες βιβλιογραφικής εγγραφής
Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Irzik, Gürol (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Güzeldere, Güven (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
Γλώσσα:English
Έκδοση: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2005.
Σειρά:Boston Studies in the Philosophy of Science, 244
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Διαθέσιμο Online:Full Text via HEAL-Link
Πίνακας περιεχομένων:
  • Philosophy of Formal and Physical Sciences
  • Demarcation of the Logical Constants and Logical Truth in Terms of Analyticity
  • General Theory of Relativity and the 5th Test
  • Implications of the Geometry of Quantum Mechanical Perfect Correlation Functions Concerning “Bell’s Theorem without Inequalities”
  • Introductory Remarks
  • Epistemological and Methodological Issues in Science
  • Quine’s Robust Relativism
  • Confirmation of Theoretical Hypotheses: Bootstrapping with a Bayesian Face
  • Idealizations and Approximations in Science, and the Bayesian Theory of Confirmation
  • Repeated Independent Discovery and ‘Objective Evidence’ in Science: An Example from Geology
  • A Study on the Heuristic of Saccheri’s Euclides
  • An Interview with Maria Reichenbach and David Kaplan
  • Philosophy of Language and Mind
  • Discovery and Inostensible De Re Knowledge
  • Implications of the Distinction Between Semantics and Pragmatics for Philosophy of Science
  • Computation and Functionalism: Syntactic Theory of Mind Revisited
  • Causes and Action
  • Causation, Parts and Properties
  • Causal Relations in Hume
  • How Causes Can Rationalize: Belief-Desire Explanations of Action
  • Ottoman Science Studies
  • Ottoman Science Studies-A Review
  • Institutionalisation of Science in the Medreses of Pre-Ottoman and Ottoman Turkey
  • Late Ottoman and Early Republican Science Periodicals.