International Union of the History and Philosophy of Science

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Works:	175 works in 333 publications in 4 languages and 4,177 library holdings
Genres:	Periodicals History Conference papers and proceedings Bio-bibliography Directories Biography
Roles:	Editor, Other, Publishing director, Organizer of meeting

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Most widely held works about International Union of the History and Philosophy of Science

Alfred Tarski papers by Alfred Tarski( )
International Union of the History and Philosophy of Science, Division of History of Science by Eric G Forbes( Book )
Robert E. Butts papers by Robert E Butts( )
Newsletter by International Union of the History and Philosophy of Science( )

Most widely held works by International Union of the History and Philosophy of Science

Vistas in astronomy( )

in English and No Linguistic content and held by 454 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Vol. 9 is a record of the first joint symposium of the International Astronomical Union and the Union interationale d'histoire et de philosophie des sciences, held at the University of Hamburg, Aug. 22-24, 1964

Quantum theory and reality; [papers] by Mario Bunge( Book )

6 editions published in 1967 in English and held by 399 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The Tum of the Tide During centuries physicists were supposed to be studying the physical world. Since the turn of the century this assumption has often been challenged as naive: it was proclaimed that physics is not about the external world but about observers and their manipUlations: that it is meaningless to talk of anything else than observation devices and opera tions: that the laws of physics concern our knowledge rather than the external world. This view of the nature of physical science has old roots in philo sophy but it was independently reinvented by a number of philosophi cally inclined physicists, notably ERNST MACH. These scientists were disgusted with the school philosophies and they were alarmed by the increasing number of physical concepts which they regarded as meta physical or beyond experimental control, such as those of absolute motion, ether, electromagnetic field, and molecule. Reasonably enough, they wished to keep physics testable. To accomplish this goal they adopted the safe method, namely to banish every idea that could not be closely tied to observation. In this way they certainly avoided the risks of untestable speculation but they also failed to enjoy the benefits of theoretical invention. Furthermore they instituted unawares a new meta physics that was to dominate the philosophy of physics for half a century: the metaphysics according to which the world is made of sense experience

Scientific knowledge socialized : selected proceedings of the 5th Joint International Conference on the History and Philosophy of Science by Joint International Conference on the History and Philosophy of Science( Book )

17 editions published in 1988 in English and Undetermined and held by 280 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Archaeoastronomy in the New World : American primitive astronomy : proceedings of an international conference held at Oxford University, September, 1981 by Anthony F Aveni( Book )

6 editions published between 1982 and 2009 in English and held by 255 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Geographers : biobibliographical studies( )

in English and held by 253 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Change and progress in modern science : papers related to and arising from the Fourth International Conference on History and Philosophy of Science, Blacksburg, Virginia, November 1982 by Joseph C Pitt( Book )

5 editions published in 1985 in English and held by 219 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The papers presented here derive from the 4th International Confe:--ence on History and Philosophy of Science held in Blacksburg, Virginia, U.S.A., November 2-6, 1982. The Conference was sponsored by the I nternational Union of History and Philosophy of Science and Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech). Particular thanks go to L. Jonathan Cohen, Secretary of the Union, as well as to Dean Henry Bauer of the College of Arts & Sciences, Wilfred Jewkes and the Center for Programs in the Humanities, Arthur Donovan and the Center for the Study of Science in Society and the Department of Philoso phy and Religion at Virginia Tech. Not only did they come through with the necessat"y funds, but they were all always ready with a helping hand when things got confusing. Two additional groups of individuals require a special note of thanks. First, considerable appreciation is due the mem bers of the Joint Commission of the I nternational Union of History and Philosophy of Science: Maurice Crosland, Risto Hilpinen and Vladimir Kirsanov. They were more than gen erous in thei r advice and co-operation. The Local Organizing Committee (Kenneth Alpern, Roger Ariew, Arthur Donovan, Larry Laudan, Ann La Berge, Duncan Porter, Eleonore Stump and Dennis Welch) not only demon strated efficiency and insured a pleasant stay for' all participants, but also went out of their way on numerous occasions to make everyone feel at home

La science au seizième siècle; Colloque international de Royaumont, 1-4 juillet 1957 by International Union of the History and Philosophy of Science( Book )

12 editions published between 1957 and 1960 in French and Spanish and held by 215 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Theory and experiment : recent insights and new perspectives on their relation by Diderik Batens( Book )

6 editions published between 1987 and 1988 in English and held by 211 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

This is not "another collection of contributions on a traditional subject." Even more than we dared to expect during the preparatory stages, the papers in this volume prove that our thinking about science has taken a new turn and has reached a new stage. The progressive destruction of the received view has been a fascinating and healthy experience. At present, the period of destruction is over. A richer and more equilibrated analysis of a number of problems is possible and is being cru'ried out. In this sense, this book comes right on time. We owe a lot to the scholars of the Kuhnian period. They not only did away with obstacles, but in several respects instigated a shift in attention that changed history and philosophy of science in a irreversible way. A c1earcut example - we borrow it from the paper by Risto Hilpinen - concerns the study of science as a process, Rnd not only as a result. Moreover, they apparently reached several lasting results, e.g., concerning the tremendous impact of theoretical conceptions on empirical data. Apart from baffling people for several decades, this insight rules out an other return to simple-minded empiricism in the future

Revolutions in science : their meaning and relevance by International Union of the History and Philosophy of Science( Book )

4 editions published in 1988 in English and held by 204 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The General history of astronomy( Book )

in English and held by 121 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

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Archives internationales d'histoire des sciences by Académie internationale d'histoire des sciences( )

in 3 languages and held by 75 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Colloquia Copernicana by Colloquia Copernicana( Book )

in English and held by 64 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Studies in the history of scientific instruments : papers presented at the 7th Symposium of the Scientific Instruments Commission of the Union internationale d'histoire et de philosophie des sciences by International Union of the History and Philosophy of Science( Book )

3 editions published in 1989 in English and held by 46 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The Concept and the role of the model in mathematics and natural and social sciences proceedings of the colloquium sponsored by the Division of Philosophy of Sciences of the International Union of History and Philosophy of Sciences organized at Utrecht, January 1960 by Hans Freudenthal( Book )

5 editions published in 1961 in English and held by 28 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

World directory of historians of mathematics by Kenneth O May( Book )

3 editions published between 1972 and 1978 in English and held by 28 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The origins, achievement and influence of the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, 1675-1975 : proceedings of the Symposium held at the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, 13-18 July 1975 by Joint IAU/IUHPS Symposium on the History of Astronomy( Book )

3 editions published in 1976 in English and held by 28 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Geographers : biobibliographical studies( Book )

2 editions published in 2008 in English and held by 14 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Newsletter by International Union of the History and Philosophy of Science( )

in English and held by 1 WorldCat member library worldwide