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title A Practical Philosophy for the Life Sciences SUNY Series in - photo 1

title:A Practical Philosophy for the Life Sciences SUNY Series in Philosophy and Biology
author:Steen, Wim J. van der.
publisher:State University of New York Press
isbn10 | asin:079141616X
print isbn13:9780791416167
ebook isbn13:9780585093246
language:English
subjectLife sciences--Philosophy, Logic, Science--Philosophy.
publication date:1993
lcc:QH331.S784 1993eb
ddc:574/.01
subject:Life sciences--Philosophy, Logic, Science--Philosophy.
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A Practical Philosophy for the Life Sciences
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SUNY Series in Philosophy and Biology
David Edward Shaner, editor, Furman University
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A Practical Philosophy for the Life Sciences
Wim J. Van Der Steen
State University of New York Press
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Published by
State University of New York Press, Albany
1993 State University of New York
Printed in the United State of America
No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews.
For information, address States University of New York Press, State University Plaza, Albany, N.Y., 12246
Production by Marilyn P. Semerad
Marketing by Nancy Farrell
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Steen, Wim J. van der, 1940
A practical philosophy for the life sciences / Wim J. van der
Steen.
p. cm.(SUNY series in philosophy and biology)
Includes bibliographical references (p. ) and index.
ISBN 0-7914-1615-1 (hardcover).ISBN 0-7914-1616-X (paper)
1. Life sciencesPhilosophy. 2. Logic. 3. SciencePhilosophy.
I. Title. II. Series.
QH331.S784 1993
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for Dick Burian
and Anne,
who made me taste
the milk of human kindness
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Contents
Preface
ix
Acknowledgments
xi
1. Introduction
1
2. Concepts
9
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2.1. The Logical and The Empirical
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2.2. Definitions
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2.3. Empirical Reference, Operationality and Coherence
21
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2.4. Concepts and Classifications
24
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2.5. Hard Cases
26
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2.6. Afterthoughts
31
3. Arguments and Fallacies
33
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3.1. Deduction and Induction
33
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3.2. Evaluating Arguments
37
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3.3. Fallacies
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3.4. More on Induction
44
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