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Science in Reflection: The Israel Colloquium: Studies in History, Philosophy, and Sociology of Science Volume 3 (Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science, 110) by Carl G. Hempel (auth.), Edna Ullmann-Margalit (eds.) is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is Science in Reflection: The Israel Colloquium: Studies in History, Philosophy, and Sociology of Science Volume 3 (Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science, 110) about?
The Israel Colloquium for the History, Philosophy and Sociology of Science presents before you its third volume of proceedings. The philosophy section of the volume has three main foci: the scientific explanation (Hempel and Ben-Menachem, Elster and Dascal); realism in science (Cohen and Zemach) and its implications for the problem of universals (Armstrong and Bar-Elli); and the question of demarcation: the dividing line between science and philosophy (KrUger), as well as the cognitive limits of science (Stent). There is no neat separation in this volume between essays on the history of science and those on the sociology of science, and perhaps properly so. Thus, Lenoir's contribution is a clear example of the way the two disciplines combine and interrelate. Joseph Ben-David's comment on this lecture was among the last things he wrote, knowing full well that his days were numbered. Reading his contribution imparts a strong sense of loss, the loss of a great sociologist and a wise man. Not only history, however, but also historiography is a subject for reflection in this volume (Freudenthal and Kerszberg). And, finally, a couple of articles convey the sense of fascination with scien
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- Author
- Carl G. Hempel (auth.), Edna Ullmann-Margalit (eds.)
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Published
- 1988
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9789027727138
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- Philosophy, Science, Social Science
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