This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. “Why Functionalism Didn't Work,” Hilary Putnam “Procedural Syntax for Theory Elements,” Joseph D. “Theories of Theories: A View from Cognitive Science,” Richard E. “Do We Need a Hierarchical Model of Science?” Diderik Batens
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“Thoroughly Modern Meno,” Clark Glymour and Kevin Kelly By turns empirical or analytic, historical or programmatic, confessional or argumentative, the authors' arguments both describe and demonstrate the fact that philosophy of science is in a ferment more intense than at any time since the heyday of logical positivism early in the twentieth century. The papers are rich in new perspectives, and their far-reaching criticisms challenge arguments long prevalent in classic philosophical problems of induction, empiricism, and realism. These provocative essays by leading philosophers of science exemplify and illuminate the contemporary uncertainty and excitement in the field.
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