Styles of Scientific Thinking in the European Tradition: The History of Argument and Explanation Especially in the Mathematical and Biomedical Sciences and Arts 1-3

V. 1. Science In Intellectual Culture -- Intellectual And Moral Commitments Of Science -- Greek Mathematics -- Greek Medicine -- Aristotle -- Aristotle And Synthesis -- Medieval Logic Of Experiment -- The Rational Artist -- The Rational Experimenter -- V. 2. The Science Of Music -- Exemplary Thinkers -- The Imitation Of Nature -- The Modelling Of The Senses -- The Analogical Model -- Commitments Of Taxonomy -- The Search For A Natural System -- The Calculus Of Expectation And Choice -- The Statistical Economy Of Nature -- V. 3. Commitments Of Historical Derivation -- History Of The Human Mind -- History Of Nature -- Evolution By Natural Selection -- Reflections. A.c. Crombie. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Styles of Scientific Thinking in the European Tradition Copyright Contents Preface Acknowledgements Illustrations References and Conventions Synopsis I. Historiography of Science 1. Science in Intellectual Culture 2. Intellectual and Moral Commitments of Science II. Postulation and the Ancient Search for Principles and Methods 3. Greek Mathematics 4. Greek Medicine 5. Aristotle 6. Analysis and Synthesis III(a). The Experimental Argument 7. Medieval Logic of Experiment 8. The Rational Artist 9. The Rational Experimenter Notes to Ch. 1-9 1. Science in Intellectual Culture 2. Intellectual and Moral Commitments of Science 3. Greek Mathematics 4. Greek Medicine 5. Aristotle 6. Analysis and Synthesis 7. Medieval Logic of Experiment 8. The Rational Artist 9. The Rational Experimenter III(b). The Experimental Argument (continued) 10. The Science of Music 11. Exemplary Thinkers IV. Hypothetical Modelling 12. The Imitation of Nature 13. The Modelling of the Senses 14. The Analogical Model: Knowing is Making V. Taxonomy 15. Commitments of Taxonomy 16. The Search for a Natural System VI. Probabilistic and Statistical Analysis 17. The Calculus of Expectation and Choice: Commitments 18. The Calculus of Expectation and Choice: Mastery 19. The Calculus of Expectation and Choice: Deployment 20. The Statistical Economy of Nature Notes to Ch. 10-20 10. The Science of Music 11. Exemplary Thinkers 12. The Imitation of Nature 13. The Modelling ofthe Senses 14. The Analogical Model 15. Commitments of Taxonomy 16. The Search for a Natural System 17. The Calculus of Expectation and Choice: Commitments 18. The Calculus of Expectation and Choice: Mastery 19. The Calculus ofExpectation and Choice: Deployment 20. The Statistical Economy of Nature VII. Historical Derivation: the Genetic Method 21. Commitments of Historical Derivation 22. History of the Human Mind 23. History of Nature 24. Evolution by Natural Selection Reflections Notes 21. Commitments of Historical Derivation 22. History of the Human Mind 23. History of Nature 24. Evolution by Natural Selection Additional References Ch. 1-3 Ch. 4-7 Ch. 8 Ch. 9 Ch. 10-11 Ch. 12-16 Ch. 17-21 Ch. 22-23 Ch. 24 Bibliography I. Sources II. Studies Index