A Historical Introduction To The Philosophy Of Science

Aristotle's Philosophy Of Science -- The Pythagorean Orientation -- The Ideal Of Deductive Systematization -- Atomism And The Concept Of Underlying Mechanism -- Affirmation And Development Of Aristotle's Method In The Medieval Period -- The Debate Over Saving The Appearances -- The Seventeenth-century Attack On Aristotelian Philosophy -- Newton's Axiomatic Method -- Analyses Of The Implications Of The New Science For A Theory Of Scientific Method -- Inductivism V. The Hypothetico-deductive View Of Science -- Mathematical Positivism And Conventionalism -- Twentieth-century Views On The Demarcation Of Science. Bibliography: P. [194]-212.