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Method, Model and Matter

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  • © 1973

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Authors:
  1. Mario Bunge

    1. Foundations and Philosophy of Science Unit, McGill University, Montreal, Canada

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Part of the book series: Synthese Library (SYLI, volume 44)

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-VII
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  2. Introduction

    1. Introduction

      • Mario Bunge
      Pages 1-23

  3. Scientific Method

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 25-25
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    2. Testability Today

      • Mario Bunge
      Pages 27-43

    3. Is Biology Methodologically Unique?

      • Mario Bunge
      Pages 44-66

    4. The Axiomatic Method in Physics

      • Mario Bunge
      Pages 67-87

  4. Conceptual Models

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 89-89
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    2. Concepts of Model

      • Mario Bunge
      Pages 91-113

    3. Analogy, Simulation, Representation

      • Mario Bunge
      Pages 114-130

    4. Mathematical Modeling in Social Science

      • Mario Bunge
      Pages 131-142

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 186-196
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About this book

This collection of essays deals with three clusters of problems in the philo­ sophy of science: scientific method, conceptual models, and ontological underpinnings. The disjointedness of topics is more apparent than real, since the whole book is concerned with the scientific knowledge of fact. Now, the aim of factual knowledge is the conceptual grasping of being, and this understanding is provided by theories of whatever there may be. If the theories are testable and specific, such as a theory of a particular chemical reaction, then they are often called 'theoretical models' and clas­ sed as scientific. If the theories are extremely general, like a theory of syn­ thesis and dissociation without any reference to a particular kind of stuff, then they may be called 'metaphysical' - as well as 'scientific' if they are consonant with science. Between these two extremes there is a whole gamut of kinds of factual theories. Thus the entire spectrum should be dominated by the scientific method, quite irrespective of the subject matter. This is the leitmotiv of the present book. The introductory chapter, on method in the philosophy of science, tackles the question 'Why don't scientists listen to their philosophers?'.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Foundations and Philosophy of Science Unit, McGill University, Montreal, Canada

    Mario Bunge

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Method, Model and Matter

  • Authors: Mario Bunge

  • Series Title: Synthese Library

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-2519-5

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: D. Reidel Publishing Company, Dordrecht, Holland 1973

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-90-277-0252-4Published: 31 December 1972

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-010-2521-8Published: 05 November 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-010-2519-5Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 0166-6991

  • Series E-ISSN: 2542-8292

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: 204

  • Topics: Philosophy of Science

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