The structure of science : problems in the logic of scientific explanation
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New York :
Harcourt, Brace & World,
©1961
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Tabla de Contenidos:
- 1. Introduction: Science and common sense.
- 2. Patterns of scientific explanation.
- 3. The deductive pattern of explanation.
- 4. The logical character of scientific laws.
- 5. Experimental laws and theories.
- 6. The cognitive status of theories.
- 7. Mechanical explanations and the science of mechanics.
- 8. Space and geometry.
- 9. Geometry and physics.
- 10. Causality and indeterminism in physical theory.
- 11. The reduction of theories.
- 12. Mechanistic explanation and organismic biology.
- 13. Methodological problems of the social sciences.
- 14. Explanation and understanding in the social sciences.
- 15. Problems in the logic of historical inquiry