Realism, Rationalism and Scientific Method: Philosophical Papers

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Philosophical Papers: Volume 1: Realism, rationalism and scientific method. Volume 2: Problems of empiricism.

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Introduction to volumes 1 and 2
Part I. On The Interpretation of Scientific Theories: 1. Introduction: scientific realism and philosophical realism
3. An attempt at a realistic interpretation of scientific theories
4. Explanation, reduction and empiricism
5. On the 'meaning' of scientific terms
6. Reply to criticism: comments on Smart, Sellars and Putnam
7. Science without experience
Part II. Applications and Criticisms: 8. Introduction: proliferation and realism as methodological principles
9. Linguistic arguments and scientific method
10. Materialism and the mind-body problem
11. Realism and instrumentalism: comments on the logic of factual support
12. A note on the problem of induction
13. On the quantum theory of measurement
14. Professor Bohm's philosophy of nature
15. Reichenbach's interpretation of quantum mechanics
16. Niels Bohr's world view
17. Hidden variables and the argument of Einstein, Podolsky and Rosen
Sources
Name index
Subject index.