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Introduction to the Philosophy of Science by Klee

A survey of the philosophy of science from positivism to social constructivism, this book focuses on the ontological implications of science. An innovative feature is the author's use of immunology as a source of descriptive examples, thus providing lively illustrations from a life science with universal appeal and allowing continuity throughout this volume. The coverage of Quinean holism and supervenience clarify concepts which have been often misunderstood, while the discussion of the Kuhnian model of science rectifies the distortions it underwent due to misuse in the past. Feminist and nonfeminist concepts of science, as well as social constructivist models are thoroughly investigated by Klee. The text includes a glossary defining over eighty key terms.

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In this refreshingly opinionated introduction, ...Klee exposes the overall poverty of many anti-realist attacks on science and shows how a considered realism is still the best opinion. His book has quirks aplenty which make it stand out from others and make it both an excellant introduction to the subject and an enjoyable fresh look for those already familiar with the debates. Stephen Mumford, Department of Philosophy, University of Nottingham Mind Vol 110 an engaging, accessible and comprehensive introductory text in the philosophy of science which manages to avoid sailing over the head of the beginner philosophy student without talking down to the working professional. I suspect that many teachers of the philosophy of science will, along with their students, find something in this book to stimulate their own thinking about the subject ... One particularly impressive feature of the text is its effective use of immunology as a case study ... Klee writes with the confident authority of a philosopher who knows immunology well and knows how to apply its realistic features, history and examples to philosophical argument. P Kyle Stanford, Stud Hist Phil Sci Vol 30 no2 1999

Preface Introduction 1.: The Case of Allergic Disease: From Everyday Observation to Microstructural Explanation 1.1: Experimentation and Research Science 1.1.1.: Observable Mysteries 1.1.2.: Physical Microstructure 1.2: Mechanism and Testing 1.2.1: Mast Cell Release 1.2.2: Immunoglobulin E 1.3: Intervention and Manipulation 1.3.1: Released Inflammatory Mediator Blockade 1.3.2: Mast Cell Release Blockade 1.3.3: Immunoglobulin E Blockade 1.4: Unification and Explanation 1.4.1: IgE--anthelminthic 1.4.2: Allergy Genes 1.4.3: Determination and Explanation 2.: The Positivist Model of Scientific Theories 2.1: Theories as Formal Languages 2.2: A Dummy Scientific Theory to Illustrate the Positivist Model 3.: Trouble in Positivist Paradise 3.1: The Point of the Observational/Theoretical Distinction 3.1.1: Ease of Application 3.1.2: Instrumentation 3.1.3: Putnamian Cynicism 3.1.4: Encapsulated Information Processing 3.1.5: Sensory Surface Distance 3.2: Correspondence-Rules 3.2.1: Dispositional Properties 3.2.2: Holism 4.: The Underdetermination of Theory 4.1: The Quine-Duhem Thesis 4.2: Popperian Falsificationism 4.3: Is Underdetermination a Myth? 4.4: Pragmatism and Realism 5.: Reductionism, Antireductionism, and Supervenience 5.1: Nagel's Model of Reduction 5.2: Kemeny & Oppenheim's Model of Reduction 5.3: The Unity of Science Program 5.4: The Putnam/Fodor Multiple Realization Argument Against the Unity of Science 5.5: Supervenience to the Rescue? 5.5.1: Kim's Model of Supervenience 5.5.2: Modest Physicalism 6.: The Structure of Scientific Explanation 6.1: The Deductive-Nomological (D-N) Model of Scientific Explanation 6.1.1: Laws of nature 6.1.2: Standard Counterexamples to the D-N Model 6.2: The Aleatory Model of Scientific Explanation 6.3: The Unification Model of Scientific Explanation 6.4: Natural Kinds, Homeostatic Property Clusters, and the Structural Basis of Reality 7.: The Revenge of Historicism 7.1: Anti-Incrementalism 7.2: Paradigms and the Practice of Normal Science 7.3: Puzzle-Solving and the Cautiousness of Normal Science 7.4: Anomalies 7.5: Revolutionary Science 7.6: Antirealism, Relativism, and Their Shadows 7.7: The Case of Modern Immunology 8.: The Social Constructivist Challenge 8.1: The Strong Programme 8.2: Roll Over Socrates: Philosophy as the Bad Guy 8.3: The Case Method with a Vengeance 8.4: The View from Deep in the Swamp of History 8.5: The Inequality of Theoretical Alternatives 9.: The Politics of Epistemology 9.1: The Genderization of Scientific Knowledge 9.2: Postmodernist Feminism: Sandra Harding 9.3: Feminist Social Activism: Helen Longino 9.4: Feminist Empiricism: Lynn Hankinson Nelson 10.: The Actual Way Things Really Are 10.1: What Can or Cannot Happen in the Limit of Inquiry 10.2: The Cosmic Coincidence Argument for Scientific Realism 10.2.1: The Covergence Argument 10.2.2: The Manipulability Argument 10.3: The Case for Scientific Antirealism 10.3.1: Antirealism: Success is Self-Defeating for Realism 10.3.2: Antirealism: Success Needs No Explanation at All 10.3.3: Antirealism: Success isn't What You Think it is 10.3.4: Antirealism: Success May Have Nothing to Do With Truth 10.4: Conclusion Glossary Suggested Readings Index Each chapter is followed by recommendations for further reading

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Introduction to the Philosophy of Science by Klee

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Klee

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Oxford University Press Inc

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19961212

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