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Science in Reflection - The Israel Colloquium: Studies in History, Philosophy, and Sociology of Science Volume 3 (Hardcover, 1988 ed.)
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Science in Reflection - The Israel Colloquium: Studies in History, Philosophy, and Sociology of Science Volume 3 (Hardcover, 1988 ed.)
Series: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science, 110
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The Israel Colloquium for the History, Philosophy and Sociology of
Science presents before you its third volume of proceedings. The
philosophy section of the volume has three main foci: the
scientific explanation (Hempel and Ben-Menachem, Elster and
Dascal); realism in science (Cohen and Zemach) and its implications
for the problem of universals (Armstrong and Bar-Elli); and the
question of demarcation: the dividing line between science and
philosophy (KrUger), as well as the cognitive limits of science
(Stent). There is no neat separation in this volume between essays
on the history of science and those on the sociology of science,
and perhaps properly so. Thus, Lenoir's contribution is a clear
example of the way the two disciplines combine and interrelate.
Joseph Ben-David's comment on this lecture was among the last
things he wrote, knowing full well that his days were numbered.
Reading his contribution imparts a strong sense of loss, the loss
of a great sociologist and a wise man. Not only history, however,
but also historiography is a subject for reflection in this volume
(Freudenthal and Kerszberg). And, finally, a couple of articles
convey the sense of fascination with science as a story (Heilbron,
Hughes). We have by now come to expect from the investigations
reported in the Israel Colloquium series not surface unity of theme
and method, but rather an underlying common commitment and zest for
the scientific enterprise at its best. The third volume hopes to
join the first two in footing this bill.
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