Isbn: 9789027726070 - probability and causality: essays in honor of wesley c. salmon (synthese library, 192, band 192) (5 Ergebnisse)

23 x 15,5 cm. Zustand: Gut. 1. Auflage. Porträttafel, XVII, 353 Seiten, 4 Blatt Essays in Honor of Wesley C. Salmon. With Annotated Bibliography by Wesley C. Salmon. - Innen sauberer, guter Zustand, sehr leicht gebräunt. Hardcover, Pappeinband, mit den üblichen Bibliotheks-Markierungen, Stempeln und Einträgen, innen wie außen, siehe Bilder. - Synthese Library, volume/Band 192. B16-03-05A|A66 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 712.…

235 x 155 mm. Zustand: Gut. 1988. 362 Seiten Hardcover. Original Leineneinband. Bibliotheksschild auf Vorderdeckel. Bibliotheksexemplar mit den üblichen Bibliotheksstempeln und Einträgen. Innen sauberer, sehr guter Zustand. Original linen cloth. Library label on ftont cover. Library sample with all usual stamps and imprints. Very cood and claen copy all over. MIG-19-03B|M15 Sprache: Englisch.…

Zustand: Sehr gut. Zustand: Sehr gut | Seiten: 384 | Sprache: Englisch | Produktart: Bücher | The contributions to this special collection concern issues and problems discussed in or related to the work of Wesley C. Salmon. Salmon has long been noted for his important work in the philosophy of science, which has included research on the interpretation of probability, the nature of explanation, the character of reasoning, the justification of induction, the structure of space/time and the paradoxes of Zeno, to mention only some of the most prominent. During a time of increasing preoccupation with historical and sociological approaches to under­ standing science (which characterize scientific developments as though they could be adequately analysed from the perspective of political movements, even mistaking the phenomena of conversion for the rational appraisal of scientific theories), Salmon has remained stead­ fastly devoted to isolating and justifying those normative standards distinguishing science from non-science - especially through the vindi­ cation of general principles of scientific procedure and the validation of specific examples of scientific theories - without which science itself cannot be (even remotely) adequately understood. In this respect, Salmon exemplifies and strengthens a splendid tradi­ tion whose most remarkable representatives include Hans Reichenbach, Rudolf Carnap and Carl G. Hempel, all of whom exerted a profound influence upon his own development.…

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Buch. Zustand: Neu. Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - The contributions to this special collection concern issues and problems discussed in or related to the work of Wesley C. Salmon. Salmon has long been noted for his important work in the philosophy of science, which has included research on the interpretation of probability, the nature of explanation, the character of reasoning, the justification of induction, the structure of space/time and the paradoxes of Zeno, to mention only some of the most prominent. During a time of increasing preoccupation with historical and sociological approaches to under standing science (which characterize scientific developments as though they could be adequately analysed from the perspective of political movements, even mistaking the phenomena of conversion for the rational appraisal of scientific theories), Salmon has remained stead fastly devoted to isolating and justifying those normative standards distinguishing science from non-science - especially through the vindi cation of general principles of scientific procedure and the validation of specific examples of scientific theories - without which science itself cannot be (even remotely) adequately understood. In this respect, Salmon exemplifies and strengthens a splendid tradi tion whose most remarkable representatives include Hans Reichenbach, Rudolf Carnap and Carl G. Hempel, all of whom exerted a profound influence upon his own development.…