Concepts of Science
A Philosophical Analysis
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10695765 |
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| Authors | Paul Teller (0000-0001-6988-6055) |
| Year | 1973 |
| Volume | 82 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 110 |
| Publication date | 1973-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | REVIEW |
| Review of | Concepts of Science: A Philosophical Analysis, Peter Achinstein, 1971 |
| Venue | The Philosophical Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0031-8108 • E-ISSN: 1558-1470 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/2184242 |
| OpenAlex | W2039919179 |
| Language | EN |
While the scientist works essentially with what he observes, with the measurable properties of nature, the philosopher of science is concerned to formulate the conceptual foundations of the scientific method. In this systematic study, Professor Achinstein analyzes such concepts as definitions, theories, and models, and contrasts his view with currently held positions that he finds inadequate
Analytic philosophy · Contemporary philosophy · Epistemology · General interest · Philosophical analysis · Education and Critical Thinking Development · Philosophy
Toward an Integrated History and Philosophy of Diagrammatic Practices
Discovering relativity beliefs
Superconductivity and structures
Complex Systems, Modelling and Simulation
Talk about toy models
Econophysics for philosophers
Naturalismo universal
Prácticas funerarias como expresiones políticas
La passion de la parenté
Translated Literature
Bones are not enough
Semantic approaches in the philosophy of science
Hermeneutics and Postmodernism
Observational and theoretical terms in psychology
Science and Partial Truth
Reinflating the semantic approach
Alain Badiou
Models in Physics
Against ‘Interpretation’
Problems in "Avant-Garde" Archaeology1
The Rashomon Effect
Practices and the Direct Perception of Normative States
Shared structure need not be shared set-structure
Symmetry in intertheory relations
Policy science
The Model-Theoretic Approach in the Philosophy of Science
Modeling without Mathematics
Models, Theories, and Structures
| Highly cited | No |
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