Experience, Reality, and Scientific Explanation : Essays in Honor of Merrilee and Wesley Salmon /

The essays in this volume cover a wide array of topics related to the work of Merrilee and Wesley Salmon. It includes discussions of scientific explanation, rationality, inference and induction, social behaviour, philosophy of physics and biology. Some of the essays have been written with an histori...

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Main Author: Galavotti, Maria Carla
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Pagnini, Alessandro
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 1999.
Series:Western Ontario Series in Philosophy of Science, A Series of Books in Philosophy of Science, Methodology, Epistemology, Logic, History of Science, and Related Fields ; 61.
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Summary:The essays in this volume cover a wide array of topics related to the work of Merrilee and Wesley Salmon. It includes discussions of scientific explanation, rationality, inference and induction, social behaviour, philosophy of physics and biology. Some of the essays have been written with an historical perspective. The volume is completed by a long commentary on the papers, written by Merrilee and Wesley Salmon. Audience: Scholars and researchers in such fields as philosophy of science, epistemology, philosophy of the natural and social sciences, history of contemporary philosophy, and inductive logic.
Item Description:Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (x, 252 pages)
ISBN:9789401591911 (electronic bk.)
9401591911 (electronic bk.)
ISSN:1566-659X ;