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Record Nr.

UNINA9910782886003321

Autore

Fetzer James H

Titolo

Science, Explanation, and Rationality [[electronic resource] ] : Aspects of the Philosophy of Carl G. Hempel

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Oxford University Press, 2000

ISBN

0-19-773130-9

1-280-65521-6

0-19-534387-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (373 p.)

Disciplina

191

501

Soggetti

Hempel, Carl Gustav

Knowledge, Theory of

Science

Philosophy

Knowledge, Theory of - Philosophy

Philosophy & Religion

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Contributors; Editor's Introduction; Prologue: An Intellectual Autobiography: Carl G. Hempel; Part I: Scientific Reasoning; Part II: Probability and Induction; Part III: The Covering-Law Models; Part IV: Theories and Predictions; Part V: Explanations of Behavior; Part VI: Scientific Rationality; Epilogue: The Spirit of Logical Empiricism: Carl G. Hempel's Role in Twentieth-Century Philosophy of Science; A Bibliography of Carl G. Hempel; Index of Names; Index of Subjects;

Sommario/riassunto

In this volume, 13 philosophers illuminate and clarify the central problems to which Carl G. Hempel was devoted. The result offers readers an explanation of major developments in the philosophy of science, particularly the development of logical empiricism as a major intellectual influence.