| Aesthetic Factors in Natural Science Contributor(s): Rescher, Nicholas (Author) |
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ISBN: 0819175765 ISBN-13: 9780819175762 Publisher: University Press of America OUR PRICE: $91.20 Product Type: Hardcover Published: December 1989 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Science | Philosophy & Social Aspects - Philosophy |
| Dewey: 501 |
| LCCN: 89-35898 |
| Series: CPS Publications in Philosophy of Science |
| Physical Information: 110 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This collection of essays originated from an interdisciplinary conference held at the University of Pittsburgh. Contents: Aesthetic Factors in Natural Science, by Nicholas Rescher; Three Arguments against Simplicity, by Kristin Shrader-Frechette; Simplicity and the Aesthetics of Explanation, by Joseph C. Pitt; Simplicity as an Epistemic Virtue: The View from the Neuronal Level, by Paul M. Churchland; Taming a Regulative Principle: From Kant to Schlick, by Matti Sintonen; Simplicity and Distinctness: The Limits of Referential Semantics, by Ulrich Majer; The Aesthetics of Theory Testing: Economy and Simplicity, by Jane Duran; Simplicity in Evolutionary Explanations, by David B. Resnik; and The Role of Simplicity in Geology, by illiam R. Brice. Index. Co-published with Center for the Philosophy of Science. |