Philosophy of science

160 Pages·1988·8.801 MB·English

by  William Bechtel

“PHILOSOPHY
OF SCIENCE
An Overview
for Cognitive Science
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PHILOSOPHY
OF SCIENCE
An Overview
for Cognitive Science
Tutorial Essays in Cognitive Science
Advisory Editors
Donald A. Norman
Andrew Ortony
BECHTEL: Philosophy of Science: An Overview for
Cognitive Science
BECHTEL: Philosophy of Mind: An Overview for
Cognitive Science
GREEN: Linguistic Pragmatics for
Cognitive Science
PHILOSOPHY
OF SCIENCE
An Overview
for Cognitive Science
WILLIAM BECHTEL
Georgia State University
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LAWRENCE ERLBAUM ASSOCIATES, PUBLISHERS
1988 Hillsdale, New Jersey Hove and London
Copyright © 1988 by Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc.
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Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc., Publishers
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Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data
Bechtel, William.
Philosophy of science: an overview for cognitive science /
William Bechtel,
p. cm.
Bibliography: p.
Includes index.
ISBN 0-89859-695-5
ISBN 0-8058-0221-5 (pbk)
1. Science—Philosophy. 2. Logical positivism. 3. Cognition.
I. Title.
Q175.B415 1988
153 '.01—dcl9 87-30463
CIP
Printed in the United States of America
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