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~ Frederick Suppe (Editor) "If any problem in the philosophy of science justifiably can be claimed the most central or important, it is that of the nature and structure..." (more)
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  • Paperback: 832 pages
  • Publisher: University of Illinois Press; 2nd edition (October 1, 1977)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0252006348
  • ISBN-13: 978-0252006340
  • Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 2.1 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 2.3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #852,708 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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If any problem in the philosophy of science justifiably can be claimed the most central or important, it is that of the nature and structure of scientific theories, including the diverse roles theories play in the scientific enterprise. Read the first page
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independent observational control, only nonlogical terms, corrigible data, fruitful axiomatization, admissible experimental procedures, characteristic reasoning patterns, extensionless point masses, different disciplinary matrixes, independent semantic interpretation, radical new hypotheses, common disciplinary matrix, interfield theories, symbolic generalizations, partial observational interpretation, antecedent vocabulary, canonical reformulation, historically oriented philosopher, deep structural properties, initial vague idea, retroductive reasoning, idealized replicas, inclined plane systems, putative knowledge claims, conceptual variants, new disciplinary matrix
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Professor Putnam, Professor Suppes, New York, Professor Kuhn, Professor Cohen, Professor Bohm, Professor Causey, Professor Shapere, Professor Hempel, Professor Bromberger, Vienna Circle, Dudley Shapere, Ernst Mach, Karl Popper, Newton's Principia, Professor van Fraassen, Alexandre Koyré, Professor Bub, Hilary Putnam, Professor Achinstein, Patrick Suppes, Peter Achinstein, Craig's Theorem, Cambridge University Press, General Scholium
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4.0 out of 5 stars The Record of the Sea Change in the Philosohy of Science, August 10, 2000
The review guidelines say nothing should be "time-sensitive" and this book is timeless. Given that the subject matter needs to be pondered (vs. skimmed) it is remarkably well written and very readable. A major change in the Philosophy of Science occurred in 1976. The prior fifty years had been dominated by the idea that human language either represented mathematical and logical descriptions of the world or it was meaningless. Yet, even the most precise attempts to describe the world in scientific terms continued to run afoul of problems, defying attempts of brilliant minds to provide a solution. This book documents the era, its end, and the start of the new era of thought. At a Symposium at the University of Illinois, of which this book contains the collected papers, the great Philosophers and Historians of Science met and declared the work of the last five decades to be a failure. Suppe gives an overview of that describes the decades-long debate and lays out the new directions that the participants decided should be explored. As scientific discovery accelerates, understanding the principles of discovery and description of science becomes increasingly important. The second edition, here cited, has provided the editor with a chance to review the initial articles and make clarifications as needed.
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