Perception, Theory, and Commitment

The New Philosophy of Science

By: Harold I. Brown

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Paperback | 1 September 1993 | Edition Number 1

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With originality and clarity, Harold Brown outlines first the logical
empiricist tradition and then the more historical and process-oriented
approach he calls the "new philosophy of science." Examining the two
together, he describes the very transition between them as an example
of the kind of change in historical tradition with which the new
philosophy of science concerns itself.
"I would recommend it to every historian of science and to every
philosopher of science. . . . I found it clear, readable, accurate,
cogent, insightful, perceptive, judicious, and full of original
ideas."
--Maurice A. Finocchiaro, "Isis"
"The best and most original aspect of the book is its overall
conception."
--Thomas S. Kuhn
Harold I. Brown is professor of philosophy at Northern Illinois
University.

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Acknowledgements
Introduction
Logical Empiricist Philosophy of Science
The Origins of Logical Empiricism
Humean Empiricism
Logicism
Logical Positivism, the Vienna Circle
Logical Empiricism
Confirmation
The Paradoxes of Confirmation
Confirmation and Extensional Logic
Goodman's Attack on Syntactical
Analyses of Confirmation
Theoretical Terms
Explicit Definition
Reduction Sentences
Craig's Theorem
Correspondence Rules
Explanation
Deductive Explanation
Statistical Explanation
Explanation and Truth
Falsification
Strict Falsificationism
Basic Statements
Conclusion: Toward a New Understanding
The New Image of Science
Perception and Theory
Significant Perception
Three Problems
Presuppositions
Normal Science
Paradigmatic Propositions
The Scientist's World
Scientific Revolutions
The Copernican Revolution
Conceptual Change Relativity
Scientific Revolutions
Discovery
The Context of Discovery and the Context of Justification
Dialectic Scientific Discovery
Scientific Change
Toward a New Epistemology
Rationality
Scientific Knowledge and Scientific Truth
Objectivity Descriptions and Norms
Presuppositions and Problems
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index
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