Lectures on Structure and Significance of Science

ISBN-13: 9783642454981 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 228 str.

H. Mohr

Spis treści

1st Lecture Prologue: Science and Responsibility.- 2nd Lecture The Motivation of Science.- 3rd Lecture The Scientific Approach (1): Terminology and Language.- 4th Lecture The Scientific Approach (2): Data, Hypotheses, and Theories.- 5th Lecture The Scientific Approach (3): Laws, Prediction, Explanation.- 6th Lecture The Principle of Causality.- 7th Lecture The Structure of Teleological Action.- 8th Lecture Physics and Biology: The Problem of Reduction.- 9th Lecture Physiology and Comparative Biology.- 10th Lecture Tradition and Progress in Science: The Notion of Paradigms.- 11th Lecture The Ethics of Science.- 12th Lecture Science and Technology.- 13th Lecture The Crisis of Science.- 14th Lecture Science and Values.- 15th Lecture Epilogue: Epistemology and Evolution.- References.