Integrating History and Philosophy of Science: Problems and Prospects

ISBN-13: 9789400717442 / Angielski / Twarda / 2011 / 250 str.

Seymour Mauskopf;Tad Schmaltz

Opis

Offering a variety of perspectives, this volume combines general reflections on the current state of history and philosophy of science with studies of the relationships between the two disciplines in specific historical and scientific cases.

Recenzje

From the reviews:

"The present review will focus on those contributions that confront important methodological issues in HPS in the vicinity of Giere's challenge most directly. ... the present volume does contain attempts to address concerns about the HPS method that are often aired ... . A number of contributions take a ... personal tone, thereby giving the reader an interesting insight into the mindsets of HPS practitioners which one would not find in standard scholarly publications." (Samuel Schindler, Metascience, October, 2012)

Spis treści

Introduction  Part I: General Reflections., Thomas Kuhn and Interdisciplinary Conversation: Why Historians and Philosophers of Science Stopped Talking to One Another-. The History and Philosophy of Science History. - What in Truth Divides Historians and Philosophers of Science?. - History and Philosophy of Science: Recollections and Reflections. - Philosophy of Science and Its Historical Reconstructions. - The Underdetermination Debate: How Lack of History Leads to Bad Philosophy.-   Part II: Case Studies Beyond Case Studies: History as Philosophy.-  Hidden Entities and Experimental Practice: Renewing the Dialogue between History and Philosophy of Science.- Studying Methodological Thought: S. Weir Mitchell’s Research on the Venom of Poisonous Snake.-  Quantum Gravity: History, Historiography and Philosophy,.-  Social Epistemology of Stem Cell Research: History, Philosophy and Experiment-  History and Philosophy of Science at Work: Making Regenerative Medicine Better.