Images of empiricism :essays on science and stances, with a reply from Bas C. van Fraassen
Oxford ; New York
Oxford University Press
Mind Association occasional series
Includes bibliographical references and index
]edited by[ Bradley Monton
The scientific image -- Constructive empiricism and the argument from underdetermination / Maarten Van Dyck -- Why be hanged for even a lamb? / Nancy Cartwright -- The epistemology of constructive empiricism / James Ladyman -- Underdetermination and evidence / Alexander Bird -- An empiricist critique of constructive empiricism : the aim of science / Philip Percival -- Accepting contradictions / Peter Lipton -- Putting a bridle on irrationality : an appraisal of van Fraassen's new epistemology / Stathis Psillos -- The empirical stance -- Taking an empirical stance / Ernan McMullin -- Six degrees of speculation : metaphysics in empirical contexts / Anjan Chakravartty -- The dilemma of empiricist belief / Chad Mohler -- Materialism, stances, and open-mindedness / Michel Bitbol -- Must empiricism be a stance, and could it be one? how to be an empiricist and a philosopher at the same time / Anja Jauernig -- Farewell to empiricism / Dien Ho -- Van Fraassen's reply -- From a view of science to a new empiricism / Bas C. van Fraassen