LEADER 02286oam 2200517I 450 001 9910788133703321 005 20230124191506.0 010 $a1-317-49537-3 010 $a1-138-34669-1 010 $a1-315-71258-X 024 7 $a10.4324/9781315712581 035 $a(CKB)2670000000616599 035 $a(EBL)2051828 035 $a(OCoLC)910446061 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3569080 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC2051828 035 $a(OCoLC)958109413 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL2051828 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000616599 100 $a20180706d2015 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aConceptual change and the philosophy of science $ealternative interpretations of the a priori /$fDavid J. Stump 210 1$aNew York :$cRoutledge,$d2015. 215 $a1 online resource (195 p.) 225 1 $aRoutledge Studies in the Philosophy of Science 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-138-89013-8 311 $a1-317-49538-1 327 $a""8 On the Role of Mathematics in Physical Theory""""9 Epilogue: A Pragmatic Theory of the Constitutive Elements in Science""; ""Index"" 330 $aIn this book, David Stump traces alternative conceptions of the a priori in the philosophy of science and defends a unique position in the current debates over conceptual change and the constitutive elements in science. Stump emphasizes the unique epistemological status of the constitutive elements of scientific theories, constitutive elements being the necessary preconditions that must be assumed in order to conduct a particular scientific inquiry. These constitutive elements, such as logic, mathematics, and even some fundamental laws of nature, were once taken to be a priori knowledge but ca 410 0$aRoutledge Studies in the Philosophy of Science 606 $aScience -- Philosophy 615 4$aScience -- Philosophy. 676 $a501 700 $aStump$b David J.$01539987 801 0$bAU-PeEL 801 1$bAU-PeEL 801 2$bAU-PeEL 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910788133703321 996 $aConceptual change and the philosophy of science$93791308 997 $aUNINA