Essays in debate with Theo Kuipers. / Volume 2, : Cognitive structures in scientific inquiry / / edited by Roberto Festa, Atocha Aliseda and Jeanne Peijnenburg.

This book is the second of two volumes devoted to the work of Theo Kuipers, a leading Dutch philosopher of science. Philosophers and scientists from all over the world, thirty seven in all, comment on Kuipers’ philosophy, and each of their commentaries is followed by a reply from Kuipers. The presen...

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Superior document:Poznan studies in the philosophy of the sciences and the humanities, 84
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Year of Publication:2005
Edition:1st ed.
Language:English
Series:Poznan studies in the philosophy of the sciences and the humanities ; v. 84.
Physical Description:1 online resource (521 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material / Roberto Festa , Atocha Aliseda and Jeanne Peijnenburg
  • INTRODUCTION / Roberto Festa , Atocha Aliseda and Jeanne Peijnenburg
  • STRUCTURES IN SCIENTIFIC COGNITION: A SYNOPSIS OF STRUCTURES IN SCIENCE. HEURISTIC PATTERNS BASED ON COGNITIVE STRUCTURES. AN ADVANCED TEXTBOOK IN NEO-CLASSICAL PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE (2001) / Theo A.F. Kuipers
  • A NEW METAPHYSICS: FINDING A NICHE FOR STRING THEORY / David Atkinson
  • PROBLEM REDUCTION: SOME THOUGHTS / Thomas Nickles
  • DESIGN RESEARCH PROGRAMS / Maarten Franssen
  • PROOFS AND ARGUMENTS: THE SPECIAL CASE OF MATHEMATICS / Jean Paul Van Bendegem
  • MICRO-EXPLANATIONS OF LAWS / Erik Weber and Helena De Preester
  • ON THE FORMALIZATION OF THE PERIODIC TABLE / Eric R. Scerri
  • CLASSICAL, NONCLASSICAL AND NEOCLASSICAL INTENTIONS / Jeanne Peijnenburg
  • ERKLÄREN, VERSTEHEN AND SIMULATION: RECONSIDERING THE ROLE OF EMPATHY IN THE SOCIAL SCIENCES / Anne Ruth Mackor
  • FUNCTIONAL EXPLANATION IN BIOLOGY / Arno Wouters
  • EXPLANATION AND THEORY EVALUATION / Adam Grobler and Andrzej Wiśniewski
  • THE UBIQUITY OF BACKGROUND KNOWLEDGE / Jaap Kamps
  • STRUCTURES IN NEUROPHARMACOLOGY / Alexander P.M. van den Bosch
  • WHY IS BEAUTY A ROAD TO THE TRUTH? / Paul Thagard
  • DIRECT CONNECTIONISTIC METHODS FOR SCIENTIFIC THEORY FORMATION / Gerard A. W. Vreeswijk
  • OVERDETERMINATION OF THEORIES BY EMPIRICAL MODELS: A REALIST INTERPRETATION OF EMPIRICAL CHOICES / Emma Ruttkamp
  • WHAT IS STRUCTURE? / Robert L. Causey
  • KNOWLEDGE, RISK, AND LIABILITY: ANALYSIS OF A DISCUSSION CONTINUING WITHIN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY / Henk Zandvoort
  • BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THEO A.F. KUIPERS / Roberto Festa , Atocha Aliseda and Jeanne Peijnenburg
  • INDEX OF NAMES / Roberto Festa , Atocha Aliseda and Jeanne Peijnenburg
  • MONOGRAPHS-IN-DEBATE: CONTENTS OF BACK ISSUES / Roberto Festa , Atocha Aliseda and Jeanne Peijnenburg.