The Cosmos of Science: Essays of ExplorationJohn Earman, John D. Norton The inaugural volume of the series, devoted to the work of philosopher Adolf Grünbaum, encompasses the philosophical problems of space, time, and cosmology, the nature of scientific methodology, and the foundations of psychoanalysis. |
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Isaac Newton on Empirical Success and Scientific Method | 55 |
A Peek Behind the Veil of Maya Einstein Schopenhauer and the Historical Background of the Conception of Space as a Ground for the Individuation... | 87 |
Foundations of Mathematics and Physics | 151 |
From Constructive to Predicative Mathematics | 153 |
Halfway Through the Woods Contemporary Research on Space and Time | 180 |
What Superpositions Feel Like | 224 |
Induction Scientific Methodology and the Philosophy of Science | 349 |
The Continuum of Inductive Methods Revisited | 351 |
Science Without Induction | 386 |
That Just Dont Sound Right A Plea for Real Examples | 430 |
A Logical Framework for the Notion of Natural Property | 458 |
Singular Causation and Laws of Nature | 498 |
Action and Rationality | 513 |
Action and Autonomy | 515 |
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