The structure of science : problems in the logicof scientific explanation /
Nagel, Ernest 1901-1985
The structure of science : problems in the logicof scientific explanation / By Ernest Nagel. - New York ; Chicago ; Burlingame : Harcourt, Brace & World, Inc., 1961. - XIII, 618 p. ; 23 cm.
Index: p. 607-618
Contents: 1. Science and common sense; 2. Patterns of scientific explanation; 3. The deductive pattern of explanation; 4. The logical character of scientific laws; 5. Experimental laws and theories; 6. The cognitive status of theories; 7. Mechanical explanations and the science of mechanics; 8. Space and Geometry; 9. Geometry and physics. 10. Causality and interminism in physical theory. 11. The reduction of theories; 12. machanistic explanation and organismic biology; 13. methodological problems of the social sciences; 14. Explanation and understanding in the social sciences; 15. Problems in the logic of historical inquiry.
Science--Philosophy
The structure of science : problems in the logicof scientific explanation / By Ernest Nagel. - New York ; Chicago ; Burlingame : Harcourt, Brace & World, Inc., 1961. - XIII, 618 p. ; 23 cm.
Index: p. 607-618
Contents: 1. Science and common sense; 2. Patterns of scientific explanation; 3. The deductive pattern of explanation; 4. The logical character of scientific laws; 5. Experimental laws and theories; 6. The cognitive status of theories; 7. Mechanical explanations and the science of mechanics; 8. Space and Geometry; 9. Geometry and physics. 10. Causality and interminism in physical theory. 11. The reduction of theories; 12. machanistic explanation and organismic biology; 13. methodological problems of the social sciences; 14. Explanation and understanding in the social sciences; 15. Problems in the logic of historical inquiry.
Science--Philosophy