Mathematics, Science and Epistemology: Volume 2, Philosophical Papers

ISBN-13: 9780521280303 / Angielski / Miękka / 1980 / 296 str.

Imre Lakatos; J. Worrall; Gregory Currie

Opis

Imre Lakatos' philosophical and scientific papers are published here in two volumes.

Recenzje

' … a well-produced book that every philosopher of science or mathematics will wish to have.' Philosophy

Spis treści

Editors' introduction; Part I. Philosophy of Mathematics: 1. Infinite regress and foundations of mathematics; 2. A renaissance of empiricism in the recent philosophy of mathematics?; 3. Cauchy and the continuum: the significance of non-standard analysis for the history and philosophy of mathematics; 4. What does a mathematical proof prove?; 5. The method of analysis-synthesis; Part II. Critical Papers: 6. The problem of appraising scientific theories: three approaches; 7. Necessity, Kineale and Popper; 8. Changes in the problem of inductive logic; 9. On Popperian historiography; 10. Anomalies versus 'crucial experiments'; 11. Understanding Toulmin; Part III. Science and Education: 12. A letter to the director of the London School of Economics; 13. The teaching of the history of science; 14. The social responsibility of science; References; Lakatos bibliography; Indexes.