Pragmatism and Philosophy of Science : Historical and Contemporary Perspectives (Hardcover)

Historical and Contemporary Perspectives on Pragmatism and Philosophy of Science??Part 1: General Themes??1. Pattern Ontologies at Work? 2. Scientific Representation and Normative Inquiry? 3. Distinguishing Philosophy and Science: Defending a Pragmatist Quietism in the Realism/Instrumentalism Debate in the Philosophy of Science? 4. Affective Rationalism and Pragmatic Philosophies of Science? 5. Feynman Diagrams and Peircean Semiotics: A Study in Pragmatism??Part 2: Special Sciences??6. Pragmatism and Mathematics? 7. A Neopragmatist Intervention in Science? 8. Pragmatism and Cognitive Science? 9. A Pragmatist Philosophy of Economics? 10. On the Uses and Disadvantages of Social Science for Law? 11. Interdisciplinary Environmental Science as Ethical Inquiry? 12. Theology as an Experimental Science: Some Pragmatic Considerations??Part 3: Science and Society??13. The Relevance of Pragmatism for an Open Science Approach? 14. Democratizing Explanatory Practice in the Social Sciences? 15. Trust, Expertise, and Scientific Authority in a Democracy: A Pragmatist Approach? 16. Thick Scientific Concepts and Public Problems: Citizens as Semantic Contributors? 17. Pragmatism, Science, and Feminism: William James’s Psychical Research