The structure of science : problems in the logic of scientific explanation /
| Основен автор: | Nagel, Ernest, 1901-1985. |
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| Формат: | Книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
New York :
Harcourt, Brace & World,
[1961]
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| Подобни документи: |
Online version::
Structure of science. |
Съдържание:
- Introduction: Science and common sense
- Patterns of scientific explanation
- The deductive pattern of explanation
- The logical character of scientific laws
- Experimental laws and theories
- The cognitive status of theories
- Mechanical explanations and the science of mechanics
- Space and geometry
- Geometry and physics
- Causality and indeterminism in physical theory
- The reduction of theories
- Mechanistic explanation and organismic biology
- Methodological problems of the social sciences
- Explanation and understanding in the social sciences
- Problems in the logic of historical inquiry.