Scientific Concepts and Investigative Practice /

Scientific Concepts and Investigative Practice / / ed. by Uljana Feest, Friedrich Steinle.

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Recent philosophy and history of science has seen a surge of interest in the role of concepts in scientific research. Scholars working in this new field focus on scientific concepts, rather than theories, as units of analysis and on the ways in which concepts are formed and used rather than on what...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DGBA Backlist Complete English Language 2000-2014 PART1
MitwirkendeR:
Andersen, Hanne,
Arabatzis, Theodore,
Bloch, Corinne L.,
Boon, Mieke,
Brigandt, Ingo,
Feest, Uljana,
Kindi, Vasso,
MacLeod, Miles,
Nersessian, Nancy J.,
Schlimm, Dirk,
Steinle, Friedrich,
HerausgeberIn:
Feest, Uljana,
Steinle, Friedrich,
Place / Publishing House:Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2012]
©2012
Year of Publication:2012
Language:English
Series:Berlin Studies in Knowledge Research , 3
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Physical Description:1 online resource (302 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Scientific Concepts and Investigative Practice: Introduction
  • Concept as Vessel and Concept as Use
  • Rethinking Scientific Concepts for Research Contexts: The Case of the Classical Gene
  • The Dynamics of Scientific Concepts: The Relevance of Epistemic Aims and Values
  • Goals and Fates of Concepts: The Case of Magnetic Poles
  • Mathematical Concepts and Investigative Practice
  • Experimentation and the Meaning of Scientific Concepts
  • Exploratory Experiments, Concept Formation, and Theory Construction in Psychology
  • Early Concepts in Investigative Practice— The Case of the Virus
  • Scientific Concepts in the Engineering Sciences
  • Modeling Practices in Conceptual Innovation
  • Conceptual Development in Interdisciplinary Research
  • List of Contributors
  • Index of Names

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