Bas C. Van Fraassen Books
Quantum Mechanics: An Empiricist View
After introducing the empiricist point of view in philosophy of science, and the concepts and methods of the semantic approach to scientific theories, van Fraassen discusses quantum theory in three...
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The Scientific Image
By Bas C. Van Fraassen, Bas Van Fraassen
## Abstract This book presents an empiricist alternative (‘constructive empiricism’) to both logical positivism and scientific realism. Against the former, it insists on a literal understanding of...
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Quantum Mechanics
By Van, Bas C. Van Fraassen, Fraassen, Van Fraassen, Bas C.
After introducing the empiricist point of view in philosophy of science, and the concepts and methods of the semantic approach to scientific theories, van Fraassen discusses quantum theory in three...
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Possibilities And Paradox: An Introduction To Modal And Many-Valued Logic
By J.C BEALL, Bas C. Van Fraassen, Van Fraassen, Bas C., 1941-, Beall, J.C.
extensively Classroom-tested, possibilities And Paradox Provides An Accessible And Carefully Structured Introduction To Modal And Many-valued Logic. The Authors Cover The Basic Formal Frameworks, E...
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Scientific Representation: Paradoxes Of Perspective
## Abstract Science represents natural phenomena by means of theories, as well as in many concrete ways by such means as pictures, graphs, table-top models, and computer simulations. This book begi...
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Images Of Science: Essays On Realism And Empiricism, With A Reply From Bas C. Van Fraassen
By Paul M. Churchland, Bas C. Van Fraassen, C.A. Hooker, Paul M. Churchland And Clifford A. Hooker, Clifford Alan Hooker, Bastiaan C Van Fraassen
"Churchland and Hooker have collected ten papers by prominent philosophers of science which challenge van Fraassen's thesis from a variety of realist perspectives. Together with van Fraassen's exte...
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