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Since Rescher’s earliest publication of the middle 1950’s in this field, the philosophy of science has constituted one focus of his interest and preoccupation. Some dozen of Rescher’s contributions to the field are published in the present volume, and they combine to convey his favored way of blending empirical data with philosophical theorizing.
Table of Contents
Preface
Chapter 1: Does Inference to the Best Explanation Work?
Chapter 2: Fundamental Problems in the Theory of Scientific Explanation
Chapter 3: Technological Escalation and the Exploration Model of Natural Science
Chapter 4: The Law of Logarithmic Returns
Chapter 5: Some Issues Regarding the Completeness of Science and the Limits of Scientific Knowledge
Chapter 6: Baffling Phenomena
Chapter 7: Finitude and Limitations
Chapter 8: The Unpredictability of Future Science
Chapter 9: Can Computers Overcome Our Limitations?
Chapter 10: Extraterrestrial Science
Chapter 11: Meaningless Numbers
Chapter 12: Credit for Making a Discovery
Chapter 13: The Ethical Dimension of Scientific Research
Chapter 14: Moral Issues Relating to the Economics of Knowledge in the Biomedical Science
Index of Names
eBook for Adobe Reader, ISBN 3-938793-20-1
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