These sources are reflected in the present volume, which consists of the major portion of the papers presented to the Boston Colloquium for the Philosophy of Science in the academic year 1961-1962.
The patient was given a pile of colour chips which contained chips of two different shades of each of the primary colours. He was shown a chip of one of the two shades of red and told, “This is red. Now pick up all the red chips'.
In this fifth volume of Boston Studies in the Philosophy of Science, we have gathered papers about the logic and methods of the natural sciences.
This is therefore an especially appropriate time to explore the problems with and prospects for integrating history and philosophy of science.
Boston Studies in the Philosophy of Science
No corner of human belief and action was exempt from the sphere of conscience. ... certitude, and certainty.9% There is at least one more neglected perspective which gives promise of throwing light on the scientific and philosophical ...
Logical Semiotics and Mereology . Philadelphia : Benjamins . ... Logical Analysis of Gestalt Concepts . British Journal of the Philosophy of Science 6 ( 22 ) ... The Search for Ontological Emergence . The Philosophical Quarterly 49 ( 195 ) ...
The case of the poisonous socks: Tales from chemistry. London: Royal Society of Chemistry. Brooke, John Hedley. 1973. Chlorine substitution and the future of organic chemistry: Methodological issues in the Laurent–Berzelius ...
This book discusses two of the oldest and hardest problems in both science and philosophy: What is matter?, and What is mind?
This co-edited volume compares Chinese and Western experiences of engineering, technology, and development. In doing so, it builds a bridge between the East and West and advances a dialogue in the philosophy of engineering.