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Images of empiricism : essays on science and stances, with a reply from Bas C. van Fraassen / [edited by] Bradley Monton.
| Other author | Monton, Bradley John, 1972- |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007. |
| Description | x, 390 pages ; 25 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | Mind Association occasional series Mind Association occasional series. ^A238003 |
| Contents | The scientific image -- Constructive empiricism and the argument from underdetermination / Maarten Van Dyck -- Why be hanged for even a lamb? / Nancy Cartwright -- The epistemology of constructive empiricism / James Ladyman -- Underdetermination and evidence / Alexander Bird -- An empiricist critique of constructive empiricism : the aim of science / Philip Percival -- Accepting contradictions / Peter Lipton -- Putting a bridle on irrationality : an appraisal of van Fraassen's new epistemology / Stathis Psillos -- The empirical stance -- Taking an empirical stance / Ernan McMullin -- Six degrees of speculation : metaphysics in empirical contexts / Anjan Chakravartty -- The dilemma of empiricist belief / Chad Mohler -- Materialism, stances, and open-mindedness / Michel Bitbol -- Must empiricism be a stance, and could it be one? how to be an empiricist and a philosopher at the same time / Anja Jauernig -- Farewell to empiricism / Dien Ho -- Van Fraassen's reply -- From a view of science to a new empiricism / Bas C. van Fraassen. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| LCCN | 2007028210 |
| ISBN | 9780199218844 (alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0199218846 (alk. paper) |