Frontiers of Science and PhilosophyRobert G. Colodny Six essays by noted philosophers of science include the following topics: explanation in science and in history; philosophy and the scientific image of man; psychoanalysis and parapsychology; the conceptual basis of the biological sciences; the nature of time; and problems of microphysics. |
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Introduction Robert G Colodny | 1 |
Philosophy and the Scientific Image of | 35 |
On the Conceptual Basis of the Biological Sciences | 131 |
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