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Taking the naturalistic turn, or, How real philosophy of science is done : conversations with William Bechtel ... [et al.]

This innovative book presents candid, informal debates among scholars who examine the benefits and problems of studying science in the same way that scientists study the natural world.
Print Book, English, ©1993
University of Chicago Press, Chicago, ©1993
Interviews
xxii, 553 p. : il. ; 25 cm.
9780226091860, 9780226091877, 0226091864, 0226091872
318281021
<h3>Contents</h3> <pre><table><tr><td>Analytical Table of Contents...............................................</td><td>xv</td></tr><tr><td>List of Participants.......................................................</td><td>xix</td></tr><tr><td>Acknowledgments............................................................</td><td>xx</td></tr><tr><td>1. TURNING NATURALISTIC: AN INTRODUCTION...................................</td><td>1</td></tr><tr><td>PART ONE • TALKING ABOUT IT................................................</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2. BEYOND POSITIVISM AND HISTORICISM.......................................</td><td>11</td></tr><tr><td>3. TOWARD A NEW THEORY OF SCIENCE: NEW DIMENSIONS, FEATURES, AND <BR>APPROACHES.................................................................</td><td>72</td></tr><tr><td>4. PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE REVISITED.........................................</td><td>126</td></tr><tr><td>5. NEW ROLES AND TOOLS FOR PHILOSOPHERS OF SCIENCE.........................</td><td>190</td></tr><tr><td>PART TWO • DOING IT........................................................</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>6. PHILOSOPHY OF BIOLOGY...................................................</td><td>237</td></tr><tr><td>7. EVOLUTIONARY EPISTEMOLOGY...............................................</td><td>286</td></tr><tr><td>8. COGNITIVE APPROACHES TO SCIENCE AND PHILOSOPHY..........................</td><td>338</td></tr><tr><td>9. DEVELOPMENT, LEARNING, AND CULTURE......................................</td><td>377</td></tr><tr><td>10. PHILOSOPHY MOVES ALONG.................................................</td><td>432</td></tr><tr><td>Postscript.................................................................</td><td>481</td></tr><tr><td>References.................................................................</td><td>485</td></tr><tr><td>Index......................................................................</td><td>523</td></tr></table></pre><br/>