Philosophy of science is the branch of philosophy concerned with the foundations, methods, and implications of science. Amongst its central questions are...
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the philosophy of science, structuralism (also known as scientific structuralism or as the structuralistic theory-concept) asserts that all aspects of reality...
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many of the institutional and professional features of science began to take shape, along with the changing of "natural philosophy" to "natural science"....
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described the epistemological perspective of positivism in The Course in Positive Philosophy, a series of texts published between 1830 and 1842. These...
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Constructivism is a view in the philosophy of science that maintains that scientific knowledge is constructed by the scientific community, which seeks...
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The philosophy of computer science is concerned with the philosophical questions that arise within the study of computer science. There is still no common...
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aesthetics, philosophy of language, philosophy of mind, philosophy of religion, philosophy of science, philosophy of mathematics, philosophy of history,...
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history and philosophy of science (HPS) is an academic discipline that encompasses the philosophy of science and the history of science. Although many...
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Commensurability is a concept in the philosophy of science whereby scientific theories are said to be "commensurable" if scientists can discuss the theories...
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In philosophy of science, idealization is the process by which scientific models assume facts about the phenomenon being modeled that are strictly false...
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Western philosophy refers to the philosophical thought and work of the Western world. Historically, the term refers to the philosophical thinking of Western...
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Philosophy of Science is dedicated to the furthering of studies and free discussion from diverse standpoints in the philosophy of science. It is a peer-reviewed...
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Feminist philosophy of science is a branch of feminist philosophy that seeks to understand how the acquirement of knowledge through scientific means has...
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several new branches of philosophy and logic, notably philosophy of language, philosophy of mathematics, philosophy of science, modern predicate logic...
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Philosophy of mathematics is the branch of philosophy that deals with the nature of mathematics and its relationship with other human activities. Major...
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Philosophical methodology (redirect from Science of the method of philosophy)
common sense, philosophical methodology is the field of inquiry studying the methods used to do philosophy. But the term can also refer to the methods themselves...
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Pseudoscience (redirect from Pseudo science)
Historical Turn in the Philosophy of Science" in Routledge Companion to the Philosophy of Science The demarcation problem between science and pseudoscience...
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Philosophy of psychology is concerned with the history and foundations of psychology. It deals with both epistemological and ontological issues and shares...
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of science List of words ending in ology Outline of science Exact sciences Basic research Hard and soft science Branches of philosophy Philosophy of science...
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Positivism (redirect from Positivism (philosophy))
time of his writing critiques of positivism, especially from philosophy of science, have led to the development of postpositivism. This philosophy greatly...
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Definitions of philosophy aim at determining what all forms of philosophy have in common and how to distinguish philosophy from other disciplines. Many...
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artificial intelligence, philosophy, neuroscience, and anthropology. The typical analysis of cognitive science spans many levels of organization, from learning...
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Philosophical realism (redirect from Philosophy realism)
world described by science is the real world, as it is, independent of what we might take it to be. Within philosophy of science, it is often framed...
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Philosophy of biology Philosophy of chemistry Philosophy of computer science Philosophy of artificial intelligence Philosophy of geography Philosophy...
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Space (redirect from Space (philosophy))
Introduction to the Philosophy of Science. p. 126. Carnap, R. An Introduction to the Philosophy of Science. pp. 134–136. Jammer, Max (1954). Concepts of Space. The...
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of modern science. From the ancient world (at least since Aristotle) until the 19th century, natural philosophy was the common term for the study of physics...
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philosophy, changing the basic framework by which individuals understood what was scientific. Social sciences came forth from the moral philosophy of...
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Studies in History and Philosophy of Science is a series of three peer-reviewed academic journals published by Elsevier. It was established in 1970 as...
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medieval scholasticism of Peter Abelard, through the founding of modern philosophy by René Descartes, to 20th century philosophy of science, existentialism,...
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Epistemology (redirect from Philosophy of knowledge)
of philosophy concerned with knowledge. Epistemologists study the nature, origin, and scope of knowledge, epistemic justification, the rationality of...
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