The last decade witnessed an unprecedented annual growth of the literature dealing with the philosophy of economics, as well as the first signs of an institutionalization (conferences, an international journal) of the philosophy of economics as a scientific subject in itself - in particular in the U.S. In 1981 a meeting took place with participants mainly of European "continental" origin. In July 1987, we organized a second conference "Philosophy of Economics II" at Tilburg Uni versity, The Netherlands, mainly aiming at the establishment of first contacts between the middle-European group and...

This book has grown out of eight years of close collaboration among its authors. From the very beginning we decided that its content should come out as the result of a truly common effort. That is, we did not "distribute" parts of the text planned to each one of us. On the contrary, we made a point that each single paragraph be the product of a common reflection. Genuine team-work is not as usual in philosophy as it is in other academic disciplines. We think, however, that this is more due to the idiosyncrasy of philosophers than to the nature of their subject. Close collaboration with...

Das vorliegende Buch wurde angeregt durch Untersuchungen Uber Messung im Rahmen meines DFG Forschungsprojektes "MeBketten" 1979-82.In dem Projekt wurden konkrete MeBmethoden und MeBketten ohne philosophische Voraussetzungen und Vorurteile studiert.Dabei formte sich eine Vor stellung von Messung, die ich hier als "theoriegeleitete Messung" be zeichne und es scheint, daB diese Art von Messung heute bei weitem vor anderen Arten, die in der philosophischen und wissenschaftstheoretlschen Literatur fast ausschlieBlich dlskutlert werden, uberwiegt.Die Einbezie hung von Theorlen in das Studium von...

Allgemeine Begriffsbildung in der Physik I Begriffsbildung unter logischem Aspekt Logische versus physikalische Definitionen in der physikalischen Begriffsbildung. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Wolfgang Balzer Uber eine Methode der Bestimmung theoretischer Terme . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Michael Heidelberger Sind, Physikalische Begriffe" definierbar? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 Ulrich Majer II Begriffsbildung unter methodischem Aspekt Physikalische Begriffsbildung gegen das, Prinzip der methodischen...

This book has grown out of eight years of close collaboration among its authors. From the very beginning we decided that its content should come out as the result of a truly common effort. That is, we did not "distribute" parts of the text planned to each one of us. On the contrary, we made a point that each single paragraph be the product of a common reflection. Genuine team-work is not as usual in philosophy as it is in other academic disciplines. We think, however, that this is more due to the idiosyncrasy of philosophers than to the nature of their subject. Close collaboration with...