Images of Empiricism: Essays on Science and Stances, with a Reply Book

Acknowledgement     vii
Notes on contributors     ix
Introduction   Bradley Monton     1
The Scientific Image     9
Constructive Empiricism and the Argument from Underdetermination   Maarten Van Dyck     11
Why be Hanged for Even a Lamb?   Nancy Cartwright     32
The Epistemology of Constructive Empiricism   James Ladyman     46
Underdetermination and Evidence   Alexander Bird     62
An Empiricist Critique of Constructive Empiricism: The Aim of Science   Philip Percival     83
Accepting Contradictions   Peter Lipton     117
Putting a Bridle on Irrationality: An Appraisal of van Fraassen's New Epistemology   Stathis Psillos     134
The Empirical Stance     165
Taking an Empirical Stance   Ernan McMullin     167
Six Degrees of Speculation: Metaphysics in Empirical Contexts   Anjan Chakravartty     183
The Dilemma of Empiricist Belief   Chad Mohler     209
Materialism, Stances, and Open-Mindedness   Michel Bitbol     229
Must Empiricism Be a Stance, and Could it Be One? How to Be an Empiricist and a Philosopher at the Same Time   Anja Jauernig     271
Farewell to Empiricism   Dien Ho     319
Van Fraassen's Reply     335
From a View of Science to a New Empiricism   Bas C. van Fraassen     337
Index     385