| Theory and Experiment: Recent Insights and New Perspectives on Their Relation 1988 Edition Contributor(s): Batens, Diderik (Editor), Van Bendegem, Jean-Paul (Editor) |
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ISBN: 9027726450 ISBN-13: 9789027726452 Publisher: Springer OUR PRICE: $104.49 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: January 1988 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Science | Microscopes & Microscopy - Philosophy - Science | Philosophy & Social Aspects |
| Dewey: 502.8 |
| LCCN: 87028870 |
| Series: Synthese Library (Hardcover) |
| Physical Information: 296 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This is not "another collection of contributions on a traditional subject." Even more than we dared to expect during the preparatory stages, the papers in this volume prove that our thinking about science has taken a new turn and has reached a new stage. The progressive destruction of the received view has been a fascinating and healthy experience. At present, the period of destruction is over. A richer and more equilibrated analysis of a number of problems is possible and is being cru'ried out. In this sense, this book comes right on time. We owe a lot to the scholars of the Kuhnian period. They not only did away with obstacles, but in several respects instigated a shift in attention that changed history and philosophy of science in a irreversible way. A c1earcut example - we borrow it from the paper by Risto Hilpinen - concerns the study of science as a process, Rnd not only as a result. Moreover, they apparently reached several lasting results, e.g., concerning the tremendous impact of theoretical conceptions on empirical data. Apart from baffling people for several decades, this insight rules out an- other return to simple-minded empiricism in the future. |