Integrated History and Philosophy of Science: Problems, Perspectives, and Case Studies (Vienna Circle Institute Yearbook Book 20)

This book features papers on the history and philosophy of science. It also includes related reviews of recent research literature on Rudolf Carnap, Eino Kaila, Ernst Mach, and Otto Neurath. The central idea behind this volume is that this distinctive field is both historical and philosophical at the same time. Good history and philosophy of science is not just history of science into which some philosophy of science may enter. On the other hand, it is neither philosophy of science into which some history of science may enter. The founding insight of this modern research discipline is that history and philosophy have a special affinity and one can effectively advance both simultaneously. The selection of contributions collected in this volume are good examples and best practices for these claims. In addition, it includes illuminating case studies. It will appeal to scholars in the history of and philosophy of science, especially history and philosophy of physics and biology, as well as economics, extended evolution, and the history of knowledge. Part 1. Contributions From The 5th Conference. 1. Metaphysics And The Unity Of Science : Two Hundred Years Of Controversy / Richard Creath ; 2. Saving Models From Phenomena : A Cautionary Tale From Membrane And Cell Biology / Axel Gelfert And Jacob Mok ; 3. My Touchstone Puzzles. W.d. Hamilton's Work On Social Wasps In The 1960s / Guido Caniglia ; 4. The First Century Of Cell Theory : From Structural Units To Complex Living Systems / Jane Maienschein ; 5. Theorizing The Distinction Between Solids, Liquids And Air : Pressure From Stevin To Pascal / Alan F. Chalmers ; 6. Beyond The Conventional Boundaries Of Physics : On Relating Ernst Mach's Philosophy To His Teaching And Research In The 1870s And 1880s / Richard Staley ; 7. Scientific Inference And The Earth's Interior : Dorothy Wrinch And Harold Jeffreys At Cambridge / Teru Miyake ; 8. Values, Facts And Methodologies. A Case Study In Philosophy Of Economics / Thomas Uebel ; 9. Extended Evolution And The History Of Knowledge / Jürgen Renn And Manfred Laubichler -- Part Ii. General Part. Report/documentation. 10. Carnap's Weltanschauung And The Jugendbewegung : The Story Of An Omitted Chapter / Adam Tamas Tuboly. Friedrich Stadler, Editor. This Springer Imprint Is Published By Springer Nature--title Page Verso. Selected Papers Presented At The Fifth Conference On Integrated History And Philosophy Of Science Organized By The Institute Vienna Circle At The University Of Vienna, June 26-28, 2014. (editorial, Page Vii) Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Front Matter....Pages i-viii Front Matter....Pages 1-1 Metaphysics and the Unity of Science: Two Hundred Years of Controversy....Pages 3-15 Saving Models from Phenomena: A Cautionary Tale from Membrane and Cell Biology....Pages 17-30 My Touchstone Puzzles. W.D. Hamilton’s Work on Social Wasps in the 1960s....Pages 31-42 The First Century of Cell Theory: From Structural Units to Complex Living Systems....Pages 43-54 Theorizing the Distinction Between Solids, Liquids and Air: Pressure from Stevin to Pascal....Pages 55-67 “Beyond the Conventional Boundaries of Physics”: On Relating Ernst Mach’s Philosophy to His Teaching and Research in the 1870s and 1880s....Pages 69-80 Scientific Inference and the Earth’s Interior: Dorothy Wrinch and Harold Jeffreys at Cambridge....Pages 81-91 Values, Facts and Methodologies. A Case Study in Philosophy of Economics....Pages 93-107 Extended Evolution and the History of Knowledge....Pages 109-125 Front Matter....Pages 127-127 Carnap’s Weltanschauung and the Jugendbewegung: The Story of an Omitted Chapter....Pages 129-144 Back Matter....Pages 145-159 Annotation This work features papers on the history and philosophy of science. It also includes related reviews of recent research literature on Rudolf Carnap, Eino Kaila, Ernst Mach, and Otto Neurath. The central idea behind this volume is that this distinctive field is both historical and philosophical at the same time. Good history and philosophy of science is not just history of science into which some philosophy of science may enter. On the other hand, it is neither philosophy of science into which some history of science may enter. The founding insight of this modern research discipline is that history and philosophy have a special affinity and one can effectively advance both simultaneously. The selection of contributions collected in this volume are good examples and best practices for these claims