First Published in 1970. All but two of the papers constituting this fifth volume of the Minnesota Studies in the Philosophy of Science were delivered or informally discussed at a conference organized to explore the relationships between the history and the philosophy of science which was held at the University of Minnesota, September 11-14, 1969.
FOREW ORD, PREFACE, SYNOPSIS; BEYOND PEACEFUL COEXISTENCE; THE HISTORY AND PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE: A TAXONOMY 1. Two Senses of 'Science/ 2. History of Science, 3. Two Approaches to the History of Science, 21.4. Three Approaches to Philosophy of Science, 5. HS and Some Philosophers, 29. 6. Philosophy of Science: Three Areas of Inquiry, 7. Philosophy and Psychology, 8. Logic and History 9. Can One Do History and Philosophy of Science Together? 10. History as the Clue to Ontology, BAYES'S THEOREM AND THE HISTORY OF SCIENCE Introduction, 1. The Distinction between Discovery and Justification, 2 Bayes's Theorem and the Context of Justification, 3. The Status of Prior Probabilities, INFERENCE TO SCIENTIFIC LAWS SCIENCE: HAS ITS PRESENT PAST A FUTURE? HERMETICISM AND HISTORIOGRAPHY: AN APOLOGY FOR THE INTERNAL HISTORY OF SCIENCE,1. Internal-External History of Science, 163. 2. The Case of Archimedes 3. Copernicus and Hermetism, 4. Bruno and Copernicus, 5. Modem Science and Hermetism, PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE: A SUBJECT W IT H A GREAT PAST; MACH'S PHILOSOPHICAL USE OF THE HISTORY OF SCIENCE; HISTORY OF SCIENCE AND CRITERIA OF CHOICE; NON-EINSTEINIAN INTERPRETATIONS OF THE PHOTOELECTRIC EFFECT, AND BEYOND, OUTLINES OF A LOGIC OF COMPARATIVE THEORY EVALUATION WITH SPECIAL ATTENTION TO PRE-AND POST-RELATIVISTIC ELECTRODYNAMICS
Biography
Roger H Stuewer
