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Science and Nonscience: Defining the Boundary “The Elimination of Metaphysics” | |
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“Science: Conjectures and Refutations,” | |
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“Logic of Discovery or Psychology of Research?” | |
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“Falsification and the Methodology of Scientific Research Programs” | |
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Larry Laudan: “Science at the Bar—Causes for Concern” | |
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“Pro Judice” | |
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Induction and Confirmation: The Nature of Scientific Inference “The Problem of Induction” | |
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“The Role of Induction in Scientific Inquiry” | |
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“The Problem of Induction” | |
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“Physical Theory and Experiment” | |
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“Contrastive Inference,” | |
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Laws and Explanation: The Nature of Scientific Theories “Laws and Their Role in Scientific Explanations” | |
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“Why ask ‘Why?’” | |
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“The Pragmatics of Explanation” | |
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“Explanatory Unification” | |
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“Explanation in the Social Sciences” | |
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The Unity of Science: Are all Sciences Reducible to Physics? “Unity of Science as a Working Hypothesis” | |
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“Special Sciences” | |
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“Interfield Theories” | |
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“The Disunity of Science” | |
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“Pluralism, Logical Empiricism, and the Problem of Pseudoscience” | |
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Theory and Observation: Is Seeing Believing? “The Methodological Character of Theoretical Concepts” | |
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“Is There an Independent Observation Language?” | |
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“Observation” | |
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“The Structure of Scientific Revolutions” | |
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“A Problem-Solving Approach to Scientific Progress” | |
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Science and Objectivity: The Science Wars ” The Social Construction of Scientific Facts” | |
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“Voodoo Sociology: Recent Developments in the Sociology of Science” | |
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“Should the History and Philosophy of Science be X-Rated?” | |
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“In Defense of Bacon” | |
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“Feminism and Science” | |
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“Why Feminist Epistemology Isn’t” | |
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Realism and Antirealism: Does Science Reveal Reality? “The Ontological Status of Theoretical Entities” | |
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“Constructive Empiricism” | |
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“The Anti-Realist Epistemology of Van Fraasen’s ‘The Scientific Image’” | |
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“Experimentation and Scientific Realism” | |
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“The Natural Ontological Attitude” | |
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“Explaining the Success of Science” | |
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Science and Religion: Reason Vs. Faith “Science and Myth” | |
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“Is Science a Religion?” | |
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“When Faith and Reason Clash: Evolution and the Bible” | |
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“Evolution and Special Creation” | |
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“Purposeless People” | |
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“Science and the Unknowable” | |
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Contemporary Issues and Applications Philosophy of Physics | |
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“Bell’s Theorem and Psychic Phenomena” | |
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“The Unconscious Quantum” | |
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Philosophy of Biology | |
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“Sociobiology and the Theory of Natural Selection” | |
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“Say it Just Ain’t So: Adaptational Stories and Sociobiological Explanations of Social Behavior” | |
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Philosophy of Psychology | |
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“Parapsychology During the Last Quarter of a Century” | |
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“Parapsychology: Pre-Paradigm Science?” | |
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