From a realist point of view : essays on the philosophy of science

William A. Wallace. Bibliography: P. 333-340. Preface v Table of Contents ix PART I: SCIENCE AND PHILOSOPHY 1. Defining the Philosophy of Science 1 2. A Thomistic Philosophy of Nature 23 3. Basic Concepts: Natural and Scientific 45 PART II: METHODOLOGY IN SCIENCE 4. Measuring and Defining Sensible Qualities 73 5. Cause and Effect: Temporal Relationships 99 6. Demonstrating in the Science of Nature 115 PART III: REALISM IN SCIENCE 7. Is the Pull of Gravity Real? 147 8. Are Elementary Particles Real? 171 9. Elementarity and Reality in Particle Physics 185 10. Causality, Analogy, and Scientific Growth 213 PART IV: SCIENGE AND MAN 11. Scientific Progress and Human Values 231 12. Computers and the Modeling of Man 245 13. Being Scientific in a Practice Discipline 273 PART V: ULTIMATE EXPLANATION 14. Immateriality and Its Surrogates in Modern Science 297 15. Cosmological Arguments and Scientific Concepts 309 16. A Second Look at the "First Way" 325 Bibliography 333 Paperback, No missing or torn, pages