Theory Change, Ancient Axiomatics, and Galileo's Methodology

Proceedings of the 1978 Pisa Conference on the History and Philosophy of Science Volume I

378 Seiten, Hardcover

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

Section I: The Structure of Theory Change.- The Growth of Theories: Comments on the Structuralist Approach.- Logic and the Theory of Scientific Change.- What Have They Done to Kuhn? An Ideological Introduction in Chiaroscuro.- Comment on Zev Bechler's Paper 'What Have They Done to Kuhn?'.- Comments on Bechler, Niiniluoto and Sadovsky.- The Sociological and the Methodological in the Study of Changes in Science.- Section II: The Early History of the Axiomatic Method.- Concerning the Ancient Greek Ideal of Theoretical Thought.- Was There an Eleatic Background to Pre-Euclidean Mathematics?.- Aristotelian Axiomatics and Geometrical Axiomatics.- On the Early History of Axiomatics: The Interaction of Mathematics and Philosophy in Greek Antiquity.- Some Remarks on the Controversy between Prof. Knorr and Prof. Szabó.- On the Early History of Axiomatics: A Reply to Some Criticisms.- Limitations of the Axiomatic Method in Ancient Greek Mathematical Sciences.- On Axiomatic and Genetic Construction of Mathematical Theories.- On the Role of Axiomatic Method in the Development of Ancient Mathematics.- Section III: The Philosophical Presuppositions and Shifting Interpretations of Galileo.- Galilée et la Mécanisation du Système du Monde.- Galileo and the Post-Renaissance.- Galileo and the Methods of Science.- Philosophical Presuppositions and Shifting Interpretations of Galileo.- Creative Work as an Object of Theoretical Understanding.- Galileo and the Emergence of a New Scientific Style.- Philosophy of Science and the Art of Historical Interpretation.- Index of Names.- Index of Subjects.

• Reihe: Synthese Library
• Themen: Geschichte und Archäologie Geschichte Theorie und Methoden Geschichtsschreibung, Historiographie
• ISBN: 9789027711267
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 31.12.1980
• Größe: 241 x 160 mm
• Verlag: Springer
• Herausgegeben von: E. Agazzi, D. Gruender, Jaakko Hintikka