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Integrated History and Philosophy of Science

Problems, Perspectives, and Case Studies

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Editors:
  1. Friedrich Stadler

    1. Institute Vienna Circle, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

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  • Features papers on the history and philosophy of science, exemplified with case studies
  • Presents interdisciplinary approaches to the history and philosophy of science, such as physics, biology, geology, and economics
  • Includes related reviews

Part of the book series: Vienna Circle Institute Yearbook (VCIY, volume 20)

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This book features papers on the history and philosophy of science. It also includes related reviews of recent research literature on Rudolf Carnap, Eino Kaila, Ernst Mach, and Otto Neurath. 

The central idea behind this volume is that this distinctive field is both historical and philosophical at the same time. Good history and philosophy of science is not just history of science into which some philosophy of science may enter. On the other hand, it is neither philosophy of science into which some history of science may enter. The founding insight of this modern research discipline is that history and philosophy have a special affinity and one can effectively advance both simultaneously.

The selection of contributions collected in this volume are good examples and best practices for these claims. In addition, it includes illuminating case studies. It will appeal to scholars in the history of and philosophy of science, especially history and philosophy of physicsand biology, as well as economics, extended evolution, and the history of knowledge.

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-viii
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  2. Integrated History and Philosophy of Science. Contributions from the 5th Conference

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Metaphysics and the Unity of Science: Two Hundred Years of Controversy

      • Richard Creath
      Pages 3-15

    3. Saving Models from Phenomena: A Cautionary Tale from Membrane and Cell Biology

      • Axel Gelfert, Jacob Mok
      Pages 17-30

    4. My Touchstone Puzzles. W.D. Hamilton’s Work on Social Wasps in the 1960s

      • Guido Caniglia
      Pages 31-42

    5. The First Century of Cell Theory: From Structural Units to Complex Living Systems

      • Jane Maienschein
      Pages 43-54

    6. Theorizing the Distinction Between Solids, Liquids and Air: Pressure from Stevin to Pascal

      • Alan F. Chalmers
      Pages 55-67

    7. “Beyond the Conventional Boundaries of Physics”: On Relating Ernst Mach’s Philosophy to His Teaching and Research in the 1870s and 1880s

      • Richard Staley
      Pages 69-80

    8. Scientific Inference and the Earth’s Interior: Dorothy Wrinch and Harold Jeffreys at Cambridge

      • Teru Miyake
      Pages 81-91

    9. Values, Facts and Methodologies. A Case Study in Philosophy of Economics

      • Thomas Uebel
      Pages 93-107

    10. Extended Evolution and the History of Knowledge

      • Jürgen Renn, Manfred Laubichler
      Pages 109-125

  3. General Part

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 127-127
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    2. Carnap’s Weltanschauung and the Jugendbewegung: The Story of an Omitted Chapter

      • Adam Tamas Tuboly
      Pages 129-144

  4. Back Matter

    Pages 145-159
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Editors and Affiliations

  • Institute Vienna Circle, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

    Friedrich Stadler

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Integrated History and Philosophy of Science

  • Book Subtitle: Problems, Perspectives, and Case Studies

  • Editors: Friedrich Stadler

  • Series Title: Vienna Circle Institute Yearbook

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-53258-5

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Religion and Philosophy, Philosophy and Religion (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG 2017

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-53257-8Published: 16 June 2017

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-85106-8Published: 12 August 2018

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-53258-5Published: 07 June 2017

  • Series ISSN: 0929-6328

  • Series E-ISSN: 2215-1818

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VIII, 159

  • Number of Illustrations: 7 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Philosophy of Science, History of Science

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