Images of empiricism essays on science and stances, with a reply from Bas C. van Fraassen

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Monton, Bradley John, 1972- (-)
Format: Book
Language:Inglés
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press 2007
Series:Mind association occasional series
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Table of Contents:
  • The scientific image
  • Constructive empiricism and the argument from underdetermination / Maarten Van Dyck
  • Why be hanged for even a lamb? / Nancy Cartwright
  • The epistemology of constructive empiricism / James Ladyman
  • Underdetermination and evidence / Alexander Bird
  • An empiricist critique of constructive empiricism : the aim of science / Philip Percival
  • Accepting contradictions / Peter Lipton
  • Putting a bridle on irrationality : an appraisal of van fraassen's new epistemology / Stathis Psillos
  • The empirical stance
  • Taking an empirical stance / Ernan McMullin
  • Six degrees of speculation : metaphysics in empirical contexts / Anjan Chakravartty
  • The dilemma of empiricist belief / Chad Mohler
  • Materialism, stances, and open-mindedness / Michel Bitbol
  • Must empiricism be a stance, and could it be one? : how to be an empiricist and a philosopher at the same time / Anja Jauernig
  • Farewell to empiricism / Dien Ho
  • Van Fraassen's reply
  • From a view of science to a new empiricism / Bas van Fraassen