GONZALEZ, W. J. and ALCOLEA, J. (eds.), 

Contemporary Perspectives in Philosophy and Methodology, of Science 

Netbiblo, A Coruña, 2006. 

1. Context

“Novelty and Continuity in Philosophy and Methodology of Science,” Wenceslao J. Gonzalez.

PART I: METHODOLOGICAL ON CENTRAL PROBLEMS OF SCIENCE

2. Scientific Reasoning and Discovery in Science

“Scientific Reasoning and the Bayesian Interpretation of Probability,” Colin Howson.

“Kuhn on Discovery and the Case of Penicillin,” Donald Gillies.

3. Scientific Testing  

“Why Randomize? Evidence and Ethics in Clinical Trials,” John Worrall.

“Prediction as Scientific Test of Economics,” Wenceslao J. Gonzalez.

PART II: EPISTEMOLOGICAL ISSUES RELATED TO A GENERAL FRAMEWORK

4. The Examination of Determinism and the Analysis of Life

“The Problem of Determinism: Prediction, Propensity, and Probability,” Peter Clark.

“Evolutionary Epistemology and the Concept of Life,” Frank Wuketits.

5. Social Epistemology and the Cognitive Relation Science-Technology

“Conflict between Knowledge and Perception: New Spaces for the Comprehension and Management of the Science around the ‘New Biology’,” Emilio Muñoz.

“Cognitive Approach on the Relation Science–Technology,” Anna Estany.

PART III: FOCAL PHILOSOPHICAL PROBLEMS IN EMPIRICAL AND FORMAL SCIENCES

6. Neuroscience and Psychology

“Philosophy and Neuroscience: The Problems,” Peter Machamer.

“Education, the Brain and Behavior: Remarks on the Psychology of Our Time,” Jose Sanmartin.

7. Mathematical Activity and Philosophical Problems

“Mathematical Doing and the Philosophies of Mathematics,” Javier Lorenzo.  

“Ontological and Epistemological Problems of Mathematics,” Jesus Alcolea-Banegas.   

 

ISBN: 13: 978-0-9729892-3-7

ISBN: 10: 0-9729892-3-4

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