Reason and the search for knowledge : investigations in the philosophy of science

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Shapere, Dudley
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Dordrecht ; Boston : Hingham, MA : D. Reidel Pub. Co. ; Sold and distributed in the U.S.A. and Canada by Kluwer Academic Publishers, ©1984.
Series:	Boston studies in the philosophy of science ; v. 78.
Subjects:	Science > Philosophy. Knowledge, Theory of. Wetenschapsfilosofie. Rationaliteit. Kennisverwerving. Wissenschaftsphilosophie. Naturwissenschaften. Philosophie. Science - Philosophical perspectives

Table of Contents:

Philosophy and the analysis of language
Mathematical ideals and metaphysical concepts
The structure of scientific revolutions
The paradigm concept
Meaning and scientific change
Notes toward a post-positivistic interpretation of science, part I
Space, time, and language
Interpretations of science in America
Unity and method in contemporary science
What can the theory of knowledge learn from the history of knowledge
The character of scientific change
The scope and limits of scientific change
Scientific theory and their domains
Remarks on the concepts of domain and field
Alteration of goals and language in the development of science
The concept of observation in science and philosophy (summary version)
Notes toward a post-positivistic interpretation of science, part II
Reason, reference, and the quest for knowledge
Modern science and the philosophical tradition.