Philosophy of Science: Contemporary Readings

@book{citeulike:3276958, abstract = {Philosophy of Science: Contemporary Readings is a comprehensive anthology that draws together leading philosophers writing on the major themes in the philosophy of science. Sections are: Science and Philosophy; Explanation; Causation and Laws; Scientific Theories and Conceptual Change; Scientific Realism; Testing and Confirmation of Theories; and Science in Context. Each section is prefaced by an introductory essay by the editors.}, address = {London and New York}, citeulike-article-id = {3276958}, comment = {'''Excerpt''' from editor's introductory material to part III: What is distinctive about a theory is that it goes beyond the explanations of particular phenomena to explain those explanations. When particular phenomena are explained by an empirical generalization, a theory will go on to explain why the generalization obtains, and to explain its exceptions -- the conditions under which it fails to obtain. When a number of generalizations are uncovered about the phenomena in a domain of inquiry, a theory may emerge which enables us to understand the diversity of generalizations as all reflecting the operation of a single or small number of processes. Theories, in short, unify, and they do so almost always by going beyond, beneath, and behind the phenomena empirical regularities report to find underlying processes that account for the phenomena we observe. For theories ... operate by bringing diverse phenomena under a small number of fundamental assumptions. Source: Alex Rosenberg, "Introduction [to Part III: Scientific Theories and Conceptual Change]," in Yuri Balashov and Alexander Rosenberg, eds., ''Philosophy of Science: Contemporary Readings'' (London and New York: Routledge, 2001), 129-131, p. 129. 'Google books link: snipr.com/3qwvu':http://snipr.com/3qwvu }, edition = {1}, editor = {Balashov, Yuri and Rosenberg, Alexander }, howpublished = {Library Binding}, isbn = {0415257816}, keywords = {anthology, philosophy, science}, month = {January}, posted-at = {2008-09-17 00:29:31}, priority = {2}, publisher = {Routledge}, series = {Routledge Contemporary Readings in Philosophy}, title = {Philosophy of Science: Contemporary Readings}, url = {http://www.amazon.ca/exec/obidos/redirect?tag=citeulike09-20\&path=ASIN/0415257816}, year = {2002} }

TY - BOOK ID - citeulike:3276958 L3 - citeulike-article-id:3276958 N2 - Philosophy of Science: Contemporary Readings is a comprehensive anthology that draws together leading philosophers writing on the major themes in the philosophy of science. Sections are: Science and Philosophy; Explanation; Causation and Laws; Scientific Theories and Conceptual Change; Scientific Realism; Testing and Confirmation of Theories; and Science in Context. Each section is prefaced by an introductory essay by the editors. SE - Routledge Contemporary Readings in Philosophy SN - 0415257816 AD - London and New York TI - Philosophy of Science: Contemporary Readings PB - Routledge KW - anthology KW - philosophy KW - science N1 - '''Excerpt''' from editor's introductory material to part III: What is distinctive about a theory is that it goes beyond the explanations of particular phenomena to explain those explanations. When particular phenomena are explained by an empirical generalization, a theory will go on to explain why the generalization obtains, and to explain its exceptions -- the conditions under which it fails to obtain. When a number of generalizations are uncovered about the phenomena in a domain of inquiry, a theory may emerge which enables us to understand the diversity of generalizations as all reflecting the operation of a single or small number of processes. Theories, in short, unify, and they do so almost always by going beyond, beneath, and behind the phenomena empirical regularities report to find underlying processes that account for the phenomena we observe. For theories ... operate by bringing diverse phenomena under a small number of fundamental assumptions. Source: Alex Rosenberg, "Introduction [to Part III: Scientific Theories and Conceptual Change]," in Yuri Balashov and Alexander Rosenberg, eds., ''Philosophy of Science: Contemporary Readings'' (London and New York: Routledge, 2001), 129-131, p. 129. 'Google books link: snipr.com/3qwvu':http://snipr.com/3qwvu A2 - Balashov, Yuri A2 - Rosenberg, Alexander PY - 2002/01/01/ UR - http://www.amazon.ca/exec/obidos/redirect?tag=citeulike09-20&path=ASIN/0415257816 ER -