Twentieth-Century Philosophy of Science: A History (Third Edition)

This book offers an insightful overview of the twentieth-century philosophy of science, starting with contemporary perspectives as of the early twenty-first century, and introducing the emerging field of computational philosophy. It features seven chapters that delve into the philosophies of key thinkers including Ernst Mach, Pierre Duhem, Rudolf Carnap, Willard Van Quine, Werner Heisenberg, Karl Popper, Thomas Kuhn, Paul Feyerabend, Norwood Russell Hanson, and Paul Thagard with Herbert Simon, concluding with an extensive bibliography.

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About the Author: Thomas Hickey
Thomas J. Hickey (1940- ).

MA Philosophy, MA Economics, research econometrician for 35 years working for private industry and government.

Created econometric models for market analysis, risk analysis, regional economics and macroeconomics. Publications are listed in the bibliography of the book.
History of twentieth-century philosophy of science opens with an introduction to contemporary philosophy of science as of the beginning of the twenty-first century, and describes the new specialty of computational philosophy of science. Seven chapters describing the philosophies of several major philosophers of science follow this introductory chapter. These major philosophers include Ernst Mach and Pierre Duhem, Rudolf Carnap and Willard Van Quine, Werner Heisenberg, Karl Popper, Thomas Kuhn and Paul Feyerabend, Norwood Russell Hanson, and Paul Thagard and Herbert Simon. The book concludes with a large bibliography.

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