A Companion to the Philosophy of Science (2001)

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1、BlackwellCompanionstoPhilosophyACompaniontothePhilosophyofScienceEditedbyW.H.NEWTON-SMITHI]BLACI

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4、thoutasimilarconditionincludingthisconditionbeingimposedonthesubsequentpurchaser.LibraryofCongressCataloging-in-PublicationDataAcompaniontothephilosophyofscienceIeditedbyW.H.Newton-Smith.p.em.-(Blackwellcompanionstophilosophy;18)Includesbibliographicalreferencesandindex.IS

5、BN0-631-170243(hb:alk.paper)I.Science-Philosophy.I.Newton-Smith,W.II.Series.Ql75.3.C652000500--dc2199-047598BritishLibraryCataloguinginPublicationDataACIPcataloguerecordforthisbookisavailablefromtheBritishLibrary.TypesetinI0on12�ptPhotinaByGraphicraftLimited,HongKongPrinte

6、dinGreatBritainbyMPGBooksLtd,Bodmin,CornwallThisbookisprintedonacid-freepaperContentsListofContributorsxiPrefaceXVListofI.ogicalSymbolsxviIntroduction1Axiomatization9FREDERICKSl!PPE2Berkeley12M.HUGHES3Biology16PAULTHOMPSON4Bohr26DUGALDMURDOCH5Causation31PAULHUMPHREYS6Cogni

7、tiveApproachestoScience41RONALDN.GIERE7Computing44LESLIEBURKHOLDER8Confirmation,Paradoxesof53J.D.TROUT9Convention,Roleof56LAWRENCESKLAR10Craig'sTheorem65FREDERICKSl!PPEvCONTENTS11Darwin68SAMIROKASHA12Definitions76FREDERICKSliPPE13Descartes79TOMSORELL14Discovery85THOMASNICK

8、LES15DispositionsandPowers97ROMHARRE16Einstein102CHRISTOPHERRAY17EvidenceandConfirmation1