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Representing and Intervening: Introductory Topics in the Philosophy of Natural Science.
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1988
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Science EducationNatural ScienceScience EthicPositivismSocial SciencesScience StudyAnalytical TableLanguage StudiesResponsible ScienceRationality PartScientific LiteracyPhilosophy Of BiologyPhilosophy (French Literary Studies)Philosophy (Philosophy Of Mind)Introductory TopicsTheory BuildingSpeculative PhilosophyHumanitiesContents Preface IntroductionNatural SciencesEpistemology
Analytical table of contents Preface Introduction: rationality Part I. Representing: 1. What is scientific realism? 2. Building and causing 3. Positivism 4. Pragmatism 5. Incommensurability 6. Reference 7. Internal realism 8. A surrogate for truth Part II. Intervening: 9. Experiment 10. Observation 11. Microscopes 12. Speculation, calculation, models, approximations 13. The creation of phenomena 14. Measurement 15. Baconian topics 16. Experimentation and scientific realism Further reading Index.