French Studies In The Philosophy Of Science: Contemporary Research in France

Contents......Page 6
Introduction......Page 8
Part I: Styles in Philosophy of Science and Technology......Page 30
1. The Legend of Philosophy\'s Striptease:Trends in Philosophy of Science......Page 31
2. French Philosophy of Technology......Page 56
Part II: General Philosophy of Science......Page 76
3. A Problem in General Philosophy of Science: The Rational Criteria of Choice......Page 77
4. Science and Realism:The Legacy of Duhem and Meyerson in Contemporary American Philosophy of Science......Page 94
Part III: Physical and Chemical Sciences......Page 116
5. Philosophy and 20th Century Physics......Page 117
6. Foundations of Physics: The Empirical Blindness......Page 143
7. Philosophy of Chemistry......Page 166
Part IV: Life Sciences......Page 188
8. Pharmacology as a Philosophical Object......Page 189
9. Philosophy of Biology: An Historico-critical Characterization......Page 201
10. Philosophy and Contemporary Biological Research......Page 213
Part V: Philosophy of the Behavorial and Cognitive Sciences......Page 225
11. What Is a Mental Function?......Page 226
12. Philosophy of Cognitive Science......Page 253
Part VI: Philosophy of Economics......Page 299
13. Duhemian Themes in Expected Utility Theory......Page 300
Notes on the Authors......Page 355
B......Page 362
D......Page 363
F......Page 364
H......Page 365
L......Page 366
M......Page 367
R......Page 368
S......Page 369
Z......Page 370