Rethinking scientific change and theory comparison: stabilities, ruptures, incommensurabilities? / ed. by Soler L., Sankey H., Hoyningen-Huene P. - Dordrecht: Springer, 2008. - x, 384 p. - (Boston studies in the philosophy of science; 255). - ISBN 978-4020-6274-2  Место хранения:   035 | Объединенный институт истории, филологии и философии СО РАН | Новосибирск | Библиотека

Оглавление / Contents

Contributors ................................................... ix Léna Soler Introduction ................................................. 1 Part 1: Incommensurability, As Differences in Quasi- Intuitive Cognitive Capacities: A Task for Psychology? ........................................... 19 Alexander Bird Incommensurability Naturalized .............................. 21 Paul Hoyningen-Huene Commentary on Bird's Paper .................................. 41 Part 2: Incommensurability in a Wittgensteinian Perspective: How to Make Sense of Nonsense ......................... 47 Aristides Baltas Nonsense and Paradigm Change ................................ 49 Eric Oberheim Commentary on Baltas' Paper ................................. 71 Part 3: Intra-Theoretical Change, as a Subjective Creative Elucidation of an Objective Formerly Present Content ............................................... 85 Anouk Barberousse From One Version to the Other: Intra-theoretical Change ..... 87 Igor L.Y. Commentary on Barberousse's Paper .......................... 103 Part 4: Investigating the Continuities of Scientific Theorizing: A Task for the Bayesian? ................. 107 Stephan Hartmann Modeling High-Temperature Superconductivity: Correspondence at Bay? ..................................... 109 Edward Jurkowitz Commentary on Hartmann' s Paper ............................ 131 Part 5: From the Cumulativity of Physical Predictions to the Cumulativity of Physics ....................... 143 Bernard D'Espagnat Is Science Cumulative? A Physicist Viewpoint ............... 145 Marcel Weber Commentary on D'Espagnat's Paper ........................... 153 Part 6: From Denotational Continuity to Entity Realism ....... 157 Robert Nola The Optimistic Мета-Induction and Ontological Continuity: The Case of the Electron ................................... 159 Steve Clarke Commentary on Nola's Paper ................................. 203 Part 7: Is a Realist Interpretation of Quantum Physics Possible? ............................................ 207 Hervé Zwirn Can we Consider Quantum Mechanics to be a Description of Reality? ................................................ 209 Soazig Le Bihan Commentary on Zwirn' Paper ................................. 219 Part 8: Ontological Continuity: A Policy for Model Building or an Argument in Favour of Scientific Realism? ............................................. 223 Rom Harré Reasons for Choosing Among Readings of Equipollent Theories ................................................... 225 Mauricio Suarez Commentary on Harré's Paper ................................ 239 Part 9: A Change of Perspective: Dissolving the Incommensurability Problem in the Framework of a Theoretical Pluralism Incorporating an Instrumental Rationality ............................ 245 Paul Teller Of Course Idealizations are Incommensurable! ............... 247 Ronald N. Giere Commentary on Teller's Paper ............................... 265 Part 10: What Can Philosophical Theories of Scientific Method Do? ........................................... 271 Martin Carrier The Aim and Structure of Methodological Theory ............. 273 Michel Bitbol Commentary on Carrier's Paper .............................. 291 Part 11: A New Kind of Incommensurability at the Level of Experimental Practices? ........................... 297 Léna Soler The Incommensurability of Experimental Practices: An Incommensurability of What! An Incommensurability of a Third Type! ........................................... 299 Howard Sankey Commentary on Soler' s Paper ............................... 341 Part 12: Pragmatic Breakdowns: A New Kind of Scientific Revolution? .......................................... 349 Thomas Nickles Disruptive Scientific Change ............................... 351 Emiliano Trizio Commentary on Nickles' Paper ............................... 381