PREFACE . . . ix
Roger H. Stuewer, University Of Minnesota
SYNOPSIS . . . xi
BEYOND PEACEFUL COEXISTENCE . . . 3
Herbert Feigl, University Of Minnesota
THE HISTORY AND PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE: A TAXONOMY . . . 12
Ernan McMullin, University Of Notre Dame
1. Two Senses of 'Science,' 15. 2. History of Science, 16. 3. Two Approaches to the History of Science, 21. 4. Three Approaches to Philosophy of Science, 23. 5. HS and Some Philosophers, 29. 6. Philosophy of Science: Three Areas of Inquiry, 43. 7. Philosophy and Psychology, 49. 8. Logic and History, 55. 9. Can One Do History and Philosophy of Science Together? 59. 10. History as the Clue to Ontology, 63.
BAYES'S THEOREM AND THE HISTORY OF SCIENCE . . . 68
Wesley C. Salmon, Indiana University
0. Introduction, 68. 1. The Distinction between Discovery and Justification, 71. 2. Bayes's Theorem and the Context of Justification, 74. 3. The Status of Prior Probabilities, 81.
INFERENCE TO SCIENTIFIC LAWS . . . 87
Peter Achinstein, Johns Hopkins University
SCIENCE: HAS ITS PRESENT PAST A FUTURE? . . . 112
Arnold Thackray, University Of Pennsylvania
HERMETICISM AND HISTORIOGRAPHY: AN APOLOGY FOR THE INTERNAL HISTORY OF SCIENCE . . . 134
Mary Hesse, University Of Cambridge
WAS COPERNICUS A HERMETIST? . . . 163
Edward Rosen, City University Of New York
1. Internal-External History of Science, 163. 2. The Case of Archimedes, 163. 3. Copernicus and Hermetism, 164. 4. Bruno and Copernicus, 169. 5. Modern Science and Hermetism, 171.
PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE: A SUBJECT WITH A GREAT PAST . . . 172
Paul K. Feyerabend, University Of California, Yale University, and University Of London
MACH'S PHILOSOPHICAL USE OF THE HISTORY OF SCIENCE . . . 184
Erwin N. Hiebert, University Of Wisconsin
Mach: Physicist, 184. Mach: Historian of Science, 187. Mach: Philosopher of Science,193. Mach: Historian-Philosopher,197.
HISTORY OF SCIENCE AND CRITERIA OF CHOICE . . . 204
Gerd Buchdahl, University Of Cambridge
NON-EINSTEINIAN INTERPRETATIONS OF THE PHOTOELECTRIC EFFECT . . . 246
Roger H. Stuewer, University Of Minnesota
ON THE NOTION OF FIELD IN NEWTON, MAXWELL, AND BEYOND . . . 264
Howard Stein, Case Western Reserve Univerity
OUTLINES OF A LOGIC OF COMPARATIVE THEORY EVALUATION WITH SPECIAL ATTENTION TO PRE- AND POST-RELATIVISTIC ELECTRODYNAMICS . . . 311
Kenneth F. Schaffner, Universlty Of Chicago
I. Introduction, 311. II. An Analysis of Scientific Theory and Experiment, 314: A. Antecedent Theoretical Meaning, 314. B. Correspondence Rules and Theory Interdependence, 315. C. Theory and Experiment, 317. III . Hertz on the Foundations of Mechanics and the Logic of Comparative Theory Evaluation, 318. IV. A Generalization of Hertz's Categories of Comparative Theory Evaluation, 320: A. Theoretical Context Sufficiency, 320. B. Experimental Adequacy, 321. C. Simplicity, 326. V. The Electrodynamics of Moving Bodies in the Early Twentieth Century, 330. VI. The Lorentz "Absolute" Theory, 332: A. The Foundations of the Electron Theory, 332. B. Lorentz's Electron Theory Applied to Moving Bodies, 334. VII. Einstein's Special Theory of Relativity, 337. VIII. A Comparison of Lorentz's and Einstein's Theories from the Point of View of the Logic of Comparative Theory Evaluation,339: A. Theoretical Context Sufficiency, 339. B. Simplicity, 342. C. Experimental Adequacy, 345. IX. Implications of the Above Tricategorical Analysis for the Relation of the History and Philosophy of Science, 349.
NAME INDEX . . . 377
SUBJECT INDEX . . . 381