عنوان

Eppur si muove: Doing History and Philosophy of Science with Peter Machamer

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97833195276809783319527666 )Print(

عنوان اصلي

Eppur si muove: Doing History and Philosophy of Science with Peter Machamer

نام نخستين پديدآور

edited by Marcus P. Adams, Zvi Biener, Uljana Feest, Jacqueline A. Sullivan

نام ناشر، پخش کننده و غيره

Springer International Publishing

تاریخ نشرو بخش و غیره

2017

نام خاص و کميت اثر

XIV, 208 p. 7 illus., online resource.

عنوان فروست

The Western Ontario Series in Philosophy of Science, A Series of Books in Philosophy of Science, Methodology, Epistemology, Logic, History of Science, and Related Fields,1566-659X ;81

عنوان فروست

Series: The Western Ontario Series in Philosophy of Science, A Series of Books in Philosophy of Science, Methodology, Epistemology, Logic, History of Science, and Related Fields,1566-659X ;81

متن يادداشت

PART I: EARLY MODERN HISTORY AND PHILOSOPHY -- Chapter 1: William Harveys Repudiation of Materialism; Benny Goldberg -- Chapter 2: Understanding Free Fall: Galileos Thought Experiment and the Balance as Model of Intelligibility; Maarten van Dyck -- Chapter 3: Language, Memory and Universality in Hobbesian Scientia; Peter Distelzweig -- Chapter 4: Diagnosing Superstition; Francesca DiPoppa -- Chapter 5: Descartes Dog: A Clock with Passions? Abel B. Franco -- Chapter 6: Models of Intelligibility in Explanations and Descriptions; David Marshall Miller -- Chapter 7: PART II: 20TH CENTURY HISTORY AND PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE -- Chapter 8: Carl Craver -- Chapter 9: Heather Douglas -- Chapter 10: Physicalism, Introspection, and Psychophysics: The Carnap/Duncker Exchange; Uljana Feest -- Chapter 11: Activities are Manifestations of Causal Powers; Gualtiero Picinnini -- Chapter 12: From Comtes Positivism to Renouviers Conventionalism: Political Philosophy of Science in Nineteenth Century France; Warren Schmaus -- Chapter 13: MOCing Local Reduction; Tom Seppalainen -- Chapter 14: Running Causes Increased Blood Pressure: Topdown versus Constitutive Causation; Catherine Stinson -- Chapter 15: Mechanisms, Realism and Antirealism; Jackie Sullivan. This volume is a collection of original essays focusing on a wide range of topics in the History and Philosophy of Science. It is a festschrift for Peter Machamer, which includes contributions from scholars who, at one time or another, were his students. The essays bring together analyses of issues and debates spanning from early modern science and philosophy through the 21st century. Machamers influence is reflected in the volumes broad range of topics. These include: underdetermination, scientific practice, scientific models, mechanistic explanation in contemporary and historical science, values in science, the relationship between philosophy and psychology, experimentation, supervenience and reductionism.

عنوان گونه گون

A Collection of Essays in Honor of Peter Machamer

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Philosophy

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Philosophy and science

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Philosophy

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Philosophy of Science

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History of Philosophy

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نشانه اثر

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Adams, Marcus P.editor.

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Biener, Zvi.editor.

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Feest, Uljana.editor.

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Sullivan, Jacqueline A.editor.

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نوع ماده

English Book