03442nam a22005175i 4500 978-1-4020-3838-9 DE-He213 20260521092100.0 cr nn 008mamaa 100301s2006 ne | s |||| 0|eng d 9781402038389 99781402038389 10.1007/978-1-4020-3838-9 doi 501 23 Dilworth, Craig. author. The Metaphysics of Science-1 [electronic resource] : An Account of Modern Science in Terms of Principles, Laws and Theories / by Craig Dilworth. Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2006. XVI, 333 p. online resource. text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Boston Studies in The Philosophy of Science, 0068-0346 ; 173 Empiricism Vs. Realism - The Perennial Debate In The Philosophy Of Science -- Fundamental And Refined Principles: The Core Of Modern Science -- Empirical Laws: The Supervention Of Experience -- Scientific Theories: Closing The Circle -- The Principle-Theory-Law Model Of Scientific Explanation -- The Social Sciences: A Consideration Of Economics -- Natural Kinds -- Probability And Confirmation -- Empiricism Vs. Realism Revisited -- Modern Science And The Future. The Metaphysics of Science provides a clear, well-founded conception of modern science, according to which its core consists of particular metaphysical principles. On this view, both the empirical and the theoretical aspects of science are the result of the attempt to apply these metaphysical principles to reality. There is a flexibility in the application of the principles, however, so that, in their scientific guise, they may come to be reformed over time through scientific revolutions. This approach to modern science provides a unified conception of the enterprise, explaining such of its various aspects as the principle of induction, the nature of scientific knowledge and scientific reduction, the fundamental difference between the natural and social sciences, and the role of essentialism with respect to natural kinds. Furthermore, it provides a resolution of the long-standing debate between empiricism and realism. In this regard, and in others, the view of science advanced in this work is not only novel, but constitutes an alternative that is superior to both the empirical-analytic and the sociology of knowledge approaches that are prevalent today. PHILOSOPHY (GENERAL). GENETIC EPISTEMOLOGY. METAPHYSICS. BIOLOGY PHILOSOPHY. SCIENCE PHILOSOPHY. SOCIAL SCIENCES PHILOSOPHY. PHILOSOPHY. PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE. PHILOSOPHY OF THE SOCIAL SCIENCES. PHILOSOPHY OF BIOLOGY. METAPHYSICS. EPISTEMOLOGY. SpringerLink (Online service) Springer eBooks Printed edition: 9781402038372 Boston Studies in The Philosophy of Science, 0068-0346 ; 173 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-3838-9 Ver el texto completo en las instalaciones del CICY ZDB-2-SHU ddc ER 36554 36554 0 0 ddc 0 0 LE CICY CICY EL 2025-10-06 0 501 2025-10-06 08:45:00 2025-10-06 ER