02663nam 2200637 450 991082766860332120230124182309.00-19-773146-51-280-56056-897866105605610-19-534642-41-4237-6193-61-60256-538-4(CKB)1000000000362941(EBL)272552(OCoLC)191038444(SSID)ssj0000233423(PQKBManifestationID)11201126(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000233423(PQKBWorkID)10233040(PQKB)10962250(Au-PeEL)EBL4702927(CaPaEBR)ebr11273750(CaONFJC)MIL56056(OCoLC)65178178(MiAaPQ)EBC4702927(EXLCZ)99100000000036294120161012h20052005 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrReality and rationality /Wesley C. Salmon ; edited by Phil Dowe and Merrilee H. SalmonOxford, [England] :Oxford University Press,2005.©20051 online resource (300 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-517784-3 Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents; I. Reality: Introduction; 1. Realism and Empiricism: The Key Question; 2. Scientific Realism in the Empiricist Tradition; 3. An Empiricist Argument for Realism; II. Rationality: Introduction; 4. Plausibility Arguments in Science; 5. Discovery and Justification; 6. Rationality and Objectivity in Science; 7. Revisions of Scientific Convictions; 8. Dynamic Rationality; 9. Hume's Arguments on Cosmology and Design; 10. The ""Almost-Deduction"" Theory; 11. The ""Partial-Entailment"" Theory; 12. Confirmation and Relevance; Notes; References; Bibliography of Works; Index; A; B; C; D; E; FGH; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; WPresents a collection of published articles by one of the top philosophers of science in the 20th century, Wesley C Salmon. This volume is of interest to both undergraduates and professional philosophers, primarily in the philosophy of science.SciencePhilosophySciencePhilosophy.501Salmon Wesley C.50114Dowe PhilSalmon Merrilee H.MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910827668603321Reality and rationality4116780UNINA