Mind and Cosmos

Mind and Cosmos Essays in Contemporary Science and Philosophy - CPS Publications in Philosophy of Science

Hardback (15 Dec 1983)

Not available for sale

Out of stock

This service is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Publisher's Synopsis

Co-published with the Center for Philosophy of Science, this is the fourth volume in the series CPS Publications in the Philosophy of Science. Contents: Preface, Adolf Grunbaum; Introduction, Robert G. Colodny; Part I Mind: Thinking by Computers, Herbert A. Simon; Scientific Discovery and the Psychology of Problem Solving, Herbert A. Simon; Meaning and Scientific Change, Dudley Shapere; Why-Questions, Sylvain Bromberger; Recent Problems of Induction, Carl G. Hempel; The Foundations of Scientific Inference, Wesley C. Salmon; The Physiognomy of Physics, Joseph T. Clark, S.J.; Science and Some Other Components of Intellectual Culture, Joseph T. Clark, S.J.; Part II Cosmos: Cosmic Processes and the Nature of Time, Thomas Gold; The Philosophical Legacy of the Quantum Theory, Henry Margenau; Index of Names; Index of Topics.

Book information

ISBN: 9780819136497
Publisher: UPA
Imprint: University Press of America
Pub date:
DEWEY: 501
DEWEY edition: 19
Language: English
Number of pages: 362
Weight: 454g
Height: 229mm
Width: 152mm
Spine width: 25mm