Book ID: CBB000641602

Exceeding Our Grasp: Science, History, and the Problem of Unconceived Alternatives (2006)

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Stanford, P. Kyle (Author)


Oxford University Press
Publication date: 2006
Language: English


Publication Date: 2006
Physical Details: xiv + 234 pp.; bibl.; index

Description Presents an anti-realist interpretation of science based on case studies of 19th-century scientific theories of heredity.


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Review Brigandt, Ingo (2007) Review of "Exceeding Our Grasp: Science, History, and the Problem of Unconceived Alternatives". Isis: International Review Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences (p. 435). unapi

Review Vicedo, Marga (2007) Review of "Exceeding Our Grasp: Science, History, and the Problem of Unconceived Alternatives". British Journal for the History of Science (p. 619). unapi

Review Lewens, Tim (2006) Review of "Exceeding Our Grasp: Science, History, and the Problem of Unconceived Alternatives". Science. unapi

Review Hoyningen-Huene, Paul (2007) Review of "Exceeding Our Grasp: Science, History, and the Problem of Unconceived Alternatives". History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences (p. 93). unapi

Review Harker, David (2008) Review of "Exceeding Our Grasp: Science, History, and the Problem of Unconceived Alternatives". Philosophy of Science (p. 251). unapi

Essay Review Saatsi, Juha (2009) Part of a review syposium: Grasping at Realist Straws. Metascience: An International Review Journal for the History, Philosophy and Social Studies of Science (pp. 355-362). unapi

Essay Review Psillos, Stathis (2009) Part of a review syposium: Grasping at Realist Straws. Metascience: An International Review Journal for the History, Philosophy and Social Studies of Science (pp. 363-370). unapi

Essay Review Winther, Rasmus Grønfeldt (2009) Part of a review syposium: Grasping at Realist Straws. Metascience: An International Review Journal for the History, Philosophy and Social Studies of Science (pp. 370-379). unapi

Essay Review Stanford, P. Kyle (2009) Author's Response to review syposium: Grasping at Realist Straws. Metascience: An International Review Journal for the History, Philosophy and Social Studies of Science (pp. 379-390). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Ariew, Roger
Bordoni, Stefano
Cantù, Paola
De Zan, Mauro
Fortino, Mirella
Jax, Kurt
Journals
Biological Theory
Kwartalnik Historii Nauki i Techniki
Metascience: An International Review Journal for the History, Philosophy and Social Studies of Science
Studies in History and Philosophy of Science
Publishers
Aracne
University of California, Santa Cruz
CSLI Publications
Honoré Champion
Lexington Books
Mimesis
Concepts
Philosophers of science, modern
Philosophy of science
Philosophy
Realism
Historians of science, modern
Epistemology
People
Duhem, Pierre
Achinstein, Peter
Bachelard, Gaston
Galilei, Galileo
Hartmann, Nicolai
James, William
Time Periods
19th century
20th century
21st century
20th century, early
18th century
20th century, late
Places
Europe
France
Great Britain
Germany
Italy
Poland
Institutions
School of Milan
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