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Abstract/Sommario: Beyond peaceful coexistence - The history and philosophy of science: a taxonomy - Bayes's theorem and the history of science - Inference to scientific laws - Science: has its present past a future? - Hermeticism and historiography: an apology for the internal history of science - Was Copernicus a hermetist? - Philosophy of science: a subject with a great past - Mach's philosophical use of the history of science - History of science and criteria of choice - Non-einsteinian interpretatio ...; [Leggi tutto...] Beyond peaceful coexistence - The history and philosophy of science: a taxonomy - Bayes's theorem and the history of science - Inference to scientific laws - Science: has its present past a future? - Hermeticism and historiography: an apology for the internal history of science - Was Copernicus a hermetist? - Philosophy of science: a subject with a great past - Mach's philosophical use of the history of science - History of science and criteria of choice - Non-einsteinian interpretations of the photoeletric effect - On the notion of field in Newton, Maxwell, and beyond - Outlines of a logic of comparative theory evaluation with special attention to pre and post relativistic electrodynamics.

Abstract/Sommario: The eminent philosopher of science Carl G. Hempel, Stuart Professor of Philosophy at Princeton University and a Past President of the American Philosophical Association, has had a long and distinguished academic career in the course of which he has been professorial mentor to some of America's most distinguished philosophers. This volume gathers together twelve original papers by Hempel's students and associates into a volume intended to do homage to Hempel on the occasion of his 65th ...; [Leggi tutto...] The eminent philosopher of science Carl G. Hempel, Stuart Professor of Philosophy at Princeton University and a Past President of the American Philosophical Association, has had a long and distinguished academic career in the course of which he has been professorial mentor to some of America's most distinguished philosophers. This volume gathers together twelve original papers by Hempel's students and associates into a volume intended to do homage to Hempel on the occasion of his 65th year in 1970. The papers are grouped around the unifying topic of Hempel's own interests in logic and philosophy of science, the great majority dealing with issues on inductive logic and the theory of scientific explanatio- problems to which Hempel has devoted the bulk of his outstandingly fruitful efforts. With the approach of 'Peter' Hempel's 65th birthday, an editorial committee sprang into being by an uncannily spontaneous process to prepare to commemorate this event with an appropriate Festschrift. The editors were pleased to receive unfailingly prompt and efficient coopera­ tion on the part of all contributors. The responsibility of seeing the work through the press was assumed by Nicholas Rescher. The editors are grateful to all concerned for their collaboration.

Abstract/Sommario: Power and pluralism - The structure of power - Power and leadership.

Abstract/Sommario: Principles of optimal pricing and investment - Application to particular industries - Case studies of performance.

Abstract/Sommario: The nature of attitudes - Methods of scale construction - Social practices - Social issues and problems - International issues - Abstract concepts - Political and religious attitudes - Ethnic and national groups - Significant others - Social institutions - Comments and conclusions.

Abstract/Sommario: List of surveys indicating scope and classifications used - Sources of household income - Distribution of household expenditure - Distribution of consumption expenditure - Distribution of expenditure on food and drinks - Distribution of expenditure on miscellaneous items - Quantities consumed of major food items per capita per year - Source publications.

Abstract/Sommario: Occupational categories, divisions, and groups - Alphabetic arrangement of divisions and groups - Occupational group arrangement of titles and codes - Alphabetic arrangement of areas of work - Alphabetic arrangement of worker trait groups - Worker trait groups within areas of work - Worker traits arrangement of titles and codes - Industry arrangement of titles - Industry index - Glossary - Appendix A: Explanation of relationship within data, people, things hierarchies - Appendix B: Exp ...; [Leggi tutto...] Occupational categories, divisions, and groups - Alphabetic arrangement of divisions and groups - Occupational group arrangement of titles and codes - Alphabetic arrangement of areas of work - Alphabetic arrangement of worker trait groups - Worker trait groups within areas of work - Worker traits arrangement of titles and codes - Industry arrangement of titles - Industry index - Glossary - Appendix A: Explanation of relationship within data, people, things hierarchies - Appendix B: Explanation of worker trait components.

Abstract/Sommario: The job definitions - The occupational classification and code - Arrangement and uses of the dictionary - Alphabetic arrangement of job titles.

Abstract/Sommario: Why guess at the riddle? - On the nature of justification - The reduction of the general problem - The solution of the problem - Concluding remarks.