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The Structure of Scientific Theories

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Frederick Suppe
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University of Illinois Press, Jan 1, 1977 - Philosophy - 818 pages
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Oh, such a classic! Philosophy of science from A to Z, from the Neo-Kantians to Kuhn (and somewhat beyond). It's fun to watch discourse fall all over itself. Read full review

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Contents

I Historical Background to the Received View
6
II Development of the Received View
16
A Correspondence Rules and Cognitive Significance
17
The Status of Theoretical Terms
27
C Logic of the Conditional
36
D ObservationalTheoretical Distinction
45
E Final Version of the Received View
50
Theory Reduction
53
A Reply to Cohen
348
Discussion
359
Science as PerceptionCommunication
372
Professor Bohins View of the Structure and Development of Theories
390
Reply to Professor Causey
400
Discussion
407
Reply to Discussion
418
Hilary Putnams Scientific Explanation An Editorial SummaryAbstract
422

III Status of the Received View
57
IV Criticism of the Received View
62
B ObservationalTheoretical Distinction
66
1 AnalyticSynthetic Distinction
67
2 ObservationalTheoretical Term Distinction
80
C Partial Interpretation
86
D Models
95
E Correspondence Rules
102
F Formalization Issues
110
G Conclusions on the Adequacy of the Received View
115
V Alternatives to the Received View and Their Critics
119
A Skeptical Descriptive Analyses
120
B Weltanschauungen Analyses
125
1 The Positions and Criticisms Specific to Them
127
b Kuhn
135
c Hanson
151
d Feyerabends and Poppers Realisms
166
i Popper
167
ii Feyerabend
170
e Bohm
180
2 General Criticisms of Weltanschauungen Analyses
191
a Observation
192
b Meaning Change
199
c Objectivity of Science
208
d General Conclusions on the Adequacy of the Weltanschauungen Approach
217
C Semantic Approaches
221
D Explanation and Theories
230
Main Issues Concerning the Structure of Theories1969
233
Proceedings of the Symposium
243
Formulation and Formalization of Scientific Theories A SummaryAbstract
244
Discussion
253
The Structure of Theories and the Analysis of Data
264
2 Deterministic Theories with Corrigible Data
269
3 Probabilistic Theories with Incorrigible Data
271
4 Probabilistic Theories with Corrigible Data
276
5 Some Philosophical Conclusions
279
Commentary on Suppess The Structure of Theories and the Analysis of Data
282
Discussion
287
History and the Philosopher of Science
306
2 Galileo and the Science of Motion
313
The Concepts of Inertia and State of Motion
319
The Second Law of Motion
325
Texts and References
333
The Philosopher vs the Historian
342
Putnam on the Corroboration of Theories
432
Discussion
435
Second Thoughts on Paradigms
457
Exemplars Theories and Disciplinary Matrixes
481
Discussion
498
Scientific Theories and Their Domains
516
II Aspects of the Concept of a Domain
523
III Theoretical Problems Lines of Research and Scientific Theories
531
1 The Periodic Table of Chemical Elements
532
2 Spectroscopy
540
3 Stellar Spectral Classification and Stellar Evolution
547
IV Theoretical Inadequacies and Their Treatment
555
1 Inadequacies of the Bohr Theory
556
B Simplification
558
C Structure
560
Shapere on the Instrumentalistic vs Realistic Conceptions of Theories
564
Comments on Shapere
569
1 The Standard Account of Theories
570
2 The Rationality of Scientific Decisions
572
3 Domains and Intertheoretic Reduction
580
Discussion
588
The Structure of Scientific Theories
598
Afterword 1977
613
Introduction
615
I Swan Song for Positivism
617
B Induction and Confirmation
622
II The Waning of the Weltanschauungen Views
631
A Hanson
632
B Feyerabend and Kuhn
634
III Historical Realism
648
A History and Philosophy of Science
650
B Rationality and the Growth of Scientific Knowledge
657
2 Toulmin
668
3 Shapere
680
4 Conclusions on the Growth of Scientific Knowledge
702
C Conceptual Devices
704
D Toward a Metaphysical and Epistemological Realism
714
Philosophy of Science Today
727
Bibliography
729
Notes on Contributors
764
Index
769
Index for the Afterword
801
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