New Philosophical Perspectives on Scientific Progress (eBook, PDF)

Redaktion: Shan, Yafeng

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Produktbeschreibung

This collection of original essays offers a comprehensive examination of scientific progress, which has been a central topic in recent debates in philosophy of science.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 424
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. November 2022
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000780888
• Artikelnr.: 65964880

Autorenporträt

Yafeng Shan is Research Associate in Philosophy at the University of Kent. He is the author of Doing Integrated History and Philosophy of Science: A Case Study of the Origin of Genetics (2020) and the editor of Examining Philosophy Itself (2022).

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Philosophical Analyses of Scientific Progress Yafeng Shan
Part I: Main Philosophical Approaches 1. The Epistemic Approach: Scientific
Progress as the Accumulation of Knowledge Alexander Bird 2. The Semantic
Approach: Scientific Progress as Increased Truthlikeness Ilkka Niiniluoto
3. The Functional Approach: Scientific Progress as Increased Usefulness
Yafeng Shan 4. The Noetic Approach: Scientific Progress as Enabling
Understanding Finnur Dellsén Part II: Historical Case Studies 5. Progress
in Physics: A Modular Approach Olivier Darrigol 6. Progress in Chemistry: A
Cumulative and Pluralist View Robin Findlay Hendry 7. Progress in
Chemistry: Themes at the Macroscopic and Microscopic Levels Paul Needham
8. Epigenetic Inheritance and Progress in Modern Biology: A Developmental
System Approach Eva Jablonka 9. Progress in Seismology: Turning Data into
Evidence About the Earth's Interior Teru Miyake 10. Progress in Psychology
Uljana Feest 11. Progress in Sociology? Stephen Turner 12. Progress in
Economics Marcel Boumans, Catherine Herfeld 13. Progress in Medicine and
Medicines: Moving From Qualitative Experience to Commensurable Materialism
Harold Cook Part III: Related Issues 14. Scientific Progress and Scientific
Realism David Harker 15. Scientific Progress and Incommensurability Eric
Oberheim 16. Scientific Progress and Aesthetic Values Milena Ivanova 17.
Scientific Progress and Idealisation Insa Lawler 18. Scientific Speculation
and Evidential Progress Peter Achinstein 19. Scientific Progress and
Interdisciplinarity Hanne Andersen 20. A Human Rights Approach to
Scientific Progress: The Deontic Framework Michela Massimi. Index