Teleology Revisited and Other Essays in the Philosophy and History of Science

Ernest Nagel

Published by Columbia University Press 1979

Teleology Revisited and Other Essays in the Philosophy and History of Science

Ernest Nagel

In the series The John Dewey Essays in Philosophy

https://doi.org/10.7312/nage93038

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Consists of the third of the John Dewey lectures delivered at Columbia University under the department of Philosophy and eleven additional essays. Focuses on the logic of scientific inquiry and some of its limitations.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	I
Acknowledgments Publicly Available Download PDF	VII
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	IX
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
1. Modern Science in Philosophical Perspective Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	7
2. Theory and Observation Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	29
3. Some Reflections on the Use of Language in the Natural Sciences Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	49
4. The Quest for Uncertainty Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	64
5. Philosophical Depreciations of Scientific Method Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	84
6. Issues in the Logic of Reductive Explanations Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	95
7. Carnap’s Theory of Induction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	118
8. “Impossible Numbers”: A Chapter in the History of Modern Logic Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	166
9. The Formation of Modern Conceptions of Formal Logic in the Development of Geometry Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	195
10. Determinism and Development Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	260
11. Some Notes on Determinism Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	270
12. Teleology Revisited Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	275