Chapter ID: CBB001032111

“Instrumentalism” and “Realism” as Categories in the History of Astronomy: Duhem vs. Popper, Maimonides vs. Gersonides (2009)

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Freudenthal, Gad (Author)


Pages: 269--294
Publication date: 2009
Language: English


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Authors & Contributors
Bartels, Andreas
Belk, Alan Frederick
Boniolo, Giovanni
Chang, Hasok
Dion, Sonia Maria
Duhem, Pierre
Journals
British Journal for the History of Philosophy
Bulletin of Science, Technology & Society
Centaurus: International Magazine of the History of Mathematics, Science, and Technology
HOPOS
Isis: International Review Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences
Perspectives on Science
Publishers
New York, City University of
Cambridge University Press
Librairie Philosophique J. Vrin
Mimesis
Oxford University Press
Parerga Verlag
Concepts
Philosophy of science
Pragmatism; instrumentalism
Realism
History of philosophy of science
Epistemology
Methodology of science; scientific method
People
Duhem, Pierre
Popper, Karl Raimund
Cassirer, Ernst
Poincaré, Jules Henri
Quine, Willard Van Orman
Dewey, John
Time Periods
20th century
19th century
20th century, early
21st century
Modern
Early modern
Places
Italy
United States
Institutions
Vienna Circle
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