The Significance of the Hypothetical in the Natural Sciences

Published by De Gruyter 2009

The Significance of the Hypothetical in the Natural Sciences

Edited by: Michael Heidelberger and Gregor Schiemann

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110210620

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How was the hypothetical character of theories of experience thought about throughout the history of science? The essays cover periods from the middle ages to the 19th and 20th centuries. It is fascinating to see how natural scientists and philosophers were increasingly forced to realize that a natural science without hypotheses is not possible.

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Michael Heidelberger, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen; Gregor Schiemann, Universität Wuppertal.

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Frontmatter Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	I
Contents Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	VII
Introduction Michael Heidelberger and Gregor Schiemann Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Hypothesis in Early Modern Science Ernan McMullin Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	7
Experience and Hypotheses: Opinions within Locke’s Realm Rainer Specht Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	39
Hypotheses in 19th Century British Philosophy of Science: Herschel, Whewell, Mill Laura J. Snyder Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	59
From Axioms to Conventions and Hypotheses: The Foundations of Mechanics and the Roots of Carl Neumann’s “Principles of the Galilean–Newtonian Theory” Helmut Pulte Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	77
Contingent Laws of Nature in Émile Boutroux Michael Heidelberger Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	99
Pluralism and the Hypothetical in Heinrich Hertz’s Philosophy of Science Andreas Hüttemann Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	145
Hypotheses and Conventions in Poincaré Gerhard Heinzmann Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	169
Hypothesis and Convention in Poincaré’s Defense of Galilei Spacetime Scott Walter Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	193
Vaihinger and Poincaré: An Original Pragmatism? Christophe Bouriau Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	221
Werner Heisenberg’s Position on a Hypothetical Conception of Science Gregor Schiemann Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	251
“Instrumentalism” and “Realism” as Categories in the History of Astronomy: Duhem vs. Popper, Maimonides vs. Gersonides Gad Freudenthal Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	269
Hypotheticity and Realism – Duhem, Popper and Scientific Realism Andreas Bartels Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	295
The Hypothesis of Reality and the Reality of Hypotheses Alfred Nordmann Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	313
Hypothetical Metaphysics of Nature Michael Esfeld Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	341
Backmatter Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	365

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter
Audience: Academics, Institutes, Libraries
Pages
- Front matter: 8
- Main content: 376
Keywords: Theory of Experience; Hypothesis

eBook

Published: December 22, 2009
ISBN: 9783110210620

Hardcover

Published: December 11, 2009
ISBN: 9783110206944