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| BOOK I | INTRODUCTION TO PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE | 82 pages |
| Chapter I - Overview
1.01 Aim of Philosophy of Science 1.02 Computational Philosophy of Science 1.03 Two Perspectives on Language 1.04 Dimensions of Language 1.05 Classifications of Functional Topics 1.06 Classification of Modern Philosophies
Chapter II – Three Modern Philosophies
2.01 Romanticism 2.02 Positivism 2.03 Contemporary Pragmatism
Chapter III - Philosophy of Language
3.01 Synchronic and Diachronic Analysis 3.02 Object Language and Metalanguage 3.03 Dimensions of Language 3.04 Syntactical Dimension 3.05 Syntactical Rules 3.06 Mathematical Language 3.07 Logical Quantification in Mathematics 3.08 Semantical Dimension 3.09 Nominalist vs. Conceptualist Semantics 3.10 Naturalistic vs. Artifactual Semantics 3.11 Romantic Semantics 3.12 Positivist Semantics 3.13 Positivist Thesis of Meaning Variance 3.14 Positivist Analytic-Synthetic Dichotomy 3.15 Positivist Observation-Theory Dichotomy 3.16 Contemporary Pragmatist Semantics 3.17 Pragmatist Semantics Illustrated 3.18 Rejection of the Observation-Theory Dichotomy 3.19 Rejection of Meaning Invariance 3.20 Rejection of the Analytic-Synthetic Dichotomy 3.21 Semantical Rules 3.22 Componential vs. Wholistic Semantics 3.23 Componential Artifactual Semantics Illustrated 3.24 Semantic Values 3.25 Univocal and Equivocal Terms 3.26 Signification and Supposition 3.27 Aside on Metaphor 3.28 Clear and Vague Meaning 3.29 Semantics of Mathematical Language 3.30 Semantical State Descriptions 3.31 Diachronic Comparative-Static Analysis 3.32 Dynamic Diachronic Analysis 3.33 Computational Philosophy of Science 3.34 An Interpretation Issue 3.35 Ontological Dimension 3.36 Metaphysical and Scientific Realism 3.37 Ontological Relativity Defined 3.38 Ontological Relativity Illustrated 3.39 Causality 3.40 Ontology of Mathematical Language 3.41 Pragmatic Dimension 3.42 Semantic Definitions of Theory Language 3.43 Pragmatic Definition of Theory Language 3.44 Pragmatic Definition of Test-Design Language 3.45 Pragmatic Definition of Observation Language 3.46 Observation and Test Execution 3.47 Scientific Professions 3.48 Semantic Individuation of Theories
Chapter IV – Philosophy of Science Topics
4.01 Institutionalized Aim of Science 4.02 Positivist Aim 4.03 Romantic Aim 4.04 More Recent Ideas 4.05 Aim of Maximizing “Explanatory Coherence” 4.06 Contemporary Pragmatist Aim 4.07 Institutional Change 4.08 Philosophy’s Cultural Lag 4.09 Cultural Lags among Sciences 4.10 Scientific Discovery 4.11 Discovery Systems 4.12 Types of Theory Development 4.13 Examples of Successful Discovery Systems 4.14 Scientific Criticism 4.15 Logic of Empirical Testing 4.16 Test Logic Illustrated 4.17 Semantics of Empirical Testing 4.18 Test-Design Revision 4.19 Empirical Underdetermination 4.20 Scientific Pluralism 4.21 Scientific Truth 4.22 Nonempirical Criteria 4.23 The “Best Explanation” Criteria 4.24 Nonempirical Linguistic Constraints 4.25 Cognition Constraint 4.26 Communication Constraint 4.27 Scientific Explanation
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| BOOK II | ERNST MACH AND PIERRE DUHEM ON
PHYSICAL THEORY | 25 pages |
| Mach's Phenomenalism Mach's Philosophy of Science Mach's History of Mechanics Duhem on Physical Theory and Metaphysics Duhem's Stratified Semantics for Physics Duhem's Philosophy of Science Duhem's History of Physics The New Physics vs the Old Philosophy Comment and Conclusion
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| BOOK III | RUDOLF CARNAP ON SEMANTICAL SYSTEMS
AND W.V.O. QUINE'S PRAGMATIST CRITIQUE | 75 pages |
| | Logical Constructionalism Einstein and Mathematical vs. Physical Geometry The Aufbau and "Rational Reconstruction" Logical Syntax of Language Semantical Systems: Definitions and Characteristics Semantical Systems: Ontological vs. Linguistic Issues Semantical Systems: Physics and the Reduction of Theories Semantical Systems: Probability and Induction Semantical Systems: Information Theory Shreider's Semantic Theory of Information The Philosophy of Science Hempel's Critique of Analyticity Carnap's Reply to Hempel Quine's Pragmatist Critiques Quine's Critique of Reductionism Quine's Critique of Analyticity Quine's Rejection of First Philosophy Comment and Conclusion |
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| BOOK IV | WERNER HEISENBERG AND THE
SEMANTICS OF QUANTUM MECHANICS | 50 pages |
| Heisenberg's Discovery and Einstein's Semantical Views Heisenberg's Discovery and Einstein's Ontological Criteria Bohr's Influence on Heisenberg and Issues with Einstein Semantical Revision and Heisenberg’s Doctrine of Closed-off Theories Bohr's "Forms of Perception" and Neo-Kantianism On Scientific Revolutions Heisenberg’s Philosophy of Science Comment and Conclusion |
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| BOOK V | KARL POPPER ON SCIENTIFIC CRITICISM
SEMANTICS OF QUANTUM MECHANICS | 40 pages |
| Einstein's Influence and the Falsificationist Thesis of Criticism, Explanation, Information, and the Growth of Science Against Psychologism, Induction, and Naturalistic Semantics On Computers, Induction Machines, and Scientific Discovery The Schism in Physics and Metaphysical Research Programmes Lande's New Foundations of Quantum Physics Popper's Particle-Propensity Interpretation of Quantum Theory On Crucial Experiments and Scientific Revolutions The Philosophy of Science Comment and Conclusion |
| BOOK VI | THOMAS KUHN ON REVOLUTION AND
PAUL FEYERABEND ON ANARCHY | 100 pages |
| Conant On Prejudice And The Dynamic View Of Science Kuhn’s Aristotle Experience Kuhn on the Copernican Revolution Kuhn on the Structure of Scientific Revolutions The Evolution of Kuhn’s Philosophy Popper's Criticism of Kuhn’s Normal Science Thesis Feyerabend on Theory Proliferation vs. Consensus Paradigm Shapere's Criticism of Kuhn's Concept of Paradigm Kuhn Replies Kuhn, Normal Science, and the Academic Sociologists Kuhn’s Linguistic Analysis of Incommensurability Kuhn's Philosophy of Science Nagel and Feyerabend on Meaning Variance The Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis Feyerabend on Semantic Incommensurability Feyerabend on Scientific Anarchy Feyerabend on Quantum Theory Feyerabend on Relativism, Historicism, and Realism Feyerabend's Criticism of Popper Feyerabend's Philosophy of Science Comments and Conclusion |
| BOOK VII | RUSSELL HANSON, DAVID BOHM, AND OTHERS
ON THE SEMANTICS OF DISCOVERY | 80 pages |
| Bohm's Early Copenhagen Views Bohm's Agenda for Future Microphysics Bohm's Hidden-Variable Interpretation of Quantum Theory Bohm’s Critique of Heisenberg’s Copenhagen Interpretation Bohm and Bell on the EPR Experiment and Nonlocality Bohm on Perception and Metaphor in Scientific Discovery Bohm on Mathematics and Scientific Discovery Bohm’s Philosophy of Science Hanson on the Copenhagen Interpretation and Scientific Discovery Peirce, Retroductive Logic, and Semantical Constraints in Discovery Hanson on Perception, Observation and Theory Hanson's Philosophy of Science Hesse on Models and Analogy Hesse on Metaphor Comment and Conclusion |
| BOOK VIII | HERBERT SIMON, PAUL THAGARD AND OTHERS
ON DISCOVERY SYSTEMS | 165 pages |
| BIBLIOGRAPHY | Thagard’s Psychologistic Computational Philosophy of Science Thagard on Conceptual Change, Scientific Revolutions, and System PI Thagard on Discovery by Analogy and Systems ACME and ARCS Thagard on Criticism by “Explanatory Coherence” Thagard on Explanation and the Aim of Science Herbert Simon and Logic Theorist Neoclassical Maximizing Rationality and Weber's Ideal Types Simon's Postulate of Bounded Rationality and "Satisficing" Bounded Rationality, Institutionalism, and Functionalism Human Problem Solving, Cognitive Psychology and Heuristics On Scientific Discovery and Philosophy of Science The Theory of Discovery Systems BACON and Other Discovery Systems Simon's Philosophy of Science Muth's Rational Expectations "Hypothesis" Haavelmo's Structural-Equations Agenda And Its Early Critics Mitchell’s Institutionalist Critique Muth’s Rationalist Expectations Agenda Rejection of Expectations Data and Evolution of VAR Models Litterman's BVAR Models and Discovery System Hickey's Metascience or "Logical Pragmatism" Hickey’s Linguistic Analysis Hickey’s Functional Analysis Hickey's METAMODEL Discovery System Parsons’ Romantic Sociology Habermas on Weber Merton’s Critique of Parsons Lundberg’s Positivist Sociology The METAMODEL System Applied to Sociology A Pragmatist Critique of Academic Sociology’s Weltanschauung The “Last Sociologist” Sonquist on Simulating the Research Analyst with AID Comment and Conclusion
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