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Preface | ||
1 | Introduction | 1 |
2 | Empirical Success | 15 |
1 | Scientific Success | 15 |
2 | Empirical Success and Theoretical Success | 16 |
3 | Defining Empirical Success | 21 |
3 | Whig Realism | 33 |
1 | Introduction | 33 |
2 | Scientific Realists and Antirealists | 34 |
3 | Kitcher's Recent Defense of Realism | 36 |
4 | Discussion of Kitcher's Views | 37 |
5 | Whig Realism | 38 |
6 | Evidence for Whig Realism | 42 |
7 | Methodological Import of Whig Realism | 48 |
4 | Decision Vectors | 51 |
1 | Decision Vectors and Scientific Rationality | 51 |
2 | Survey of Decision Vectors | 55 |
5 | Dissent | 65 |
1 | Initial Reflections | 65 |
2 | Evolutionary Biology after Publication of Origin: An Example of Good Distribution of Research Effort | 68 |
3 | Genetics before the Discovery of DNA: An Example of Less Good Distribution of Research Effort | 81 |
4 | The Continental Drift Dispute, 1920-1950 | 86 |
5 | Cancer Virus Research | 92 |
6 | The "Invisible Hand of Reason" | 95 |
6 | Consensus | 97 |
1 | Background | 97 |
2 | Initial Reflections | 100 |
3 | Consensus on Plate Tectonics | 102 |
4 | Consensus on the "Central Dogma" | 109 |
7 | Social Empiricism | 117 |
1 | Statement of Social Empiricism | 117 |
2 | Consensus on Plate Tectonics | 120 |
3 | Consensus on the "Central Dogma" | 122 |
4 | Consensus on the Variability Hypothesis | 123 |
5 | Consensus on a Surgical Practice | 124 |
6 | Consensus on the Ovulation Theory of Menstruation | 126 |
7 | Consensus on the Copenhagen Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics | 127 |
8 | Dissolution of Consensus: Cold Fusion | 129 |
9 | Dissolution of Consensus: Treatment of Peptic Ulcers | 132 |
10 | A More Social Epistemology | 134 |
8 | Epistemic Fairness | 137 |
1 | Social Empiricism and Naturalized Epistemology | 137 |
2 | Standpoint Epistemologies of Science | 141 |
3 | Longino's Epistemology of Science | 143 |
4 | Social Empiricism and Feminist Philosophy | 145 |
Notes | 153 | |
References | 163 | |
Index | 171 |
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