دانلود کتاب Physical Reality – Construction or Discovery?: An Introduction to the Methodology and Aims of Physics

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Preface
Contents
Chapter 1 The World View of Physics I: Presuppositions
1.1 Introduction
1.2 Constructive Realism
1.3 Factual Knowledge: The Structure of Bohr\'s Theory
1.4 Procedural Knowledge: The Method of Consistent Adjustment
1.5 The Evolution of Thought Patterns
1.6 Tacit Assumptions
References
Chapter 2 Methodology of Physics
2.1 Scientific Methodology
2.2 Empirical Basis
2.3 Experimental Methodology
2.4 Empirical-Inductive Methodology
2.5 Theoretical Concept Formation
2.6 Theoretical Orders
2.7 Modeling
References
Chapter 3 The Structure of Physical Theories
3.1 Descriptive Theories
3.2 Formation of Hypotheses
3.3 Explanatory Theories
3.4 Axiomatization
3.5 Unification
References
Chapter 4 Theory and Experience
4.1 The Structure of Physical Knowledge
4.2 Physical Laws
4.3 Theory{Experiment Comparisons
4.4 The Duhemian Theses
4.5 Consistent Adjustment: Examples
4.6 Consistent Adjustment: Methods
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Chapter 5 The World View of Physics II: Implications
5.1 Aims of Physics
5.2 The Problem of Causality
5.3 Explanation and Prediction
5.4 The Problem of Truth
5.5 Physical Reality
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