01600cam a2200265 a 4500 1152587 BD-DhUL 20161208102047.0 920923s1993 enk b 00100 eng 92036318 0631158642 0631183582 paperback 1152587 ANL eng ANL BD-DhUL Q174.8 .G55 1993 501 20 GIP Gillies, Donald. 1944- Philosophy of science in the twentieth century : four central themes / Donald Gillies. Oxford, UK ; Blackwell, c1993. xv, 251 p. : 24 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. [238]-244) and index. Pt. I. Inductivism and its Critics. 1. Some Historical Background: Inductivism, Russell and the Cambridge School, the Vienna Circle and Popper. 2. Popper's Critique of Inductivism. His Theory of Conjectures and Refutations (or Falsificationism). 3. Duhem's Critique of Inductivism -- Pt. II. Conventionalism and the Duhem-Quine Thesis. 4. Poincare's Conventionalism of 1902. 5. The Duhem Thesis and the Quine Thesis -- Pt. III. The Nature of Observation. 6. Protocol Sentences. 7. Is Observation Theory-Laden? -- Pt. IV. The Demarcation between Science and Metaphysics. 8. Is Metaphysics Meaningless? Wittgenstein, the Vienna Circle, and Popper's Critique. 9. Metaphysics in Relation to Science: The Views of Popper, Duhem, and Quine. 10. Falsificationism in the Light of the Duhem-Quine Thesis. Science Philosophy History 20th century. ddc BK 132769 132769 0 0 ddc 0 501_000000000000000_GIP 0 NFIC 249441 DUL DUL GEN 2016-12-08 Purchased 501 GIP 355779 2016-12-08 1 2016-12-08 BK 0 0 ddc 0 501_000000000000000_GIP 0 NFIC 249442 DUL DUL GEN 2016-12-08 Purchased 501 GIP 355780 2016-12-08 2 2016-12-08 BK