Conceptual foundations of scientific thought : an introduction to the philosophy of science / Marx W. Wartofsky.
Pubblicazione:
New York : Macmillan co., c1968.
Descrizione fisica:
XII, 560 p. ; 25 cm
Contiene:
Indice: Introduction: 1. Science and philosophy : an introduction. Pt. 1. The genesis of scientific thought: 2. Science as human activity 3. Prescientific ways of knowing 4. From common sense to science : the remarkable Greeks and the origins of criticism. Pt. 2. The methods of science: 5. Observation 6. Formal systems, models and the representation of facts 7. Measurement 8. Hypothesis and experiment 9. Induction and probability 10. Scientific explanation : laws and theories. Pt. 3. Some fundamental concepts in the sciences: 11. Causality 12. The newer concepts of space, time and matter 13. Organisms and mechanisms : reduction and explanation in the biological sciences 14. Mind, society and history : some fundamental concepts in the human sciences. Pt. 4. Coda: 15. Science, values and the humanistic understanding. Appendixes: A. All fall down : the development of the concept of motion from Aristotle to Galileo. B. The growth of science : some developments in Greek science after Plato and Aristotle C. Logical notation D. Bibliographical notes. Index
Note galileane:
Per Galilei vedi: Appendix A. All fall down : the development of the concept of motion from Aristotle to Galileo, p. 419-473
