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Philosophy of Science is a peer-reviewed journal published by Cambridge University Press, covering Philosophy and History of Science, Diverse Scientific and Economic Studies, Quantum Mechanics and Applications.
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
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| Reference style | Numbered Numbered — [1], [2] in the text [1] A. Smith, B. Jones, and C. Lee, A representative article title, Philosophy of Science 12 (2023) 45–58.
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| Publishes research in | Philosophy and History of Science Diverse Scientific and Economic Studies Quantum Mechanics and Applications Philosophy and Theoretical Science Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics |
| ISSN | 0031-8248 |
| Citation impact (2-yr) | 0.93 |
| h-index | 163 |
| i10-index | 2,427 |
| Total citations | 169,613 |
| Top institutions publishing here | University of Pittsburgh |
| Journal website | www.cambridge.org |
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The literature of economic theory, like that of philosophy, abounds in prefaces and prolegomena. Methodology and analysis of concepts take an important place in a science which has not found the sure path of development. But there is no sure path for methodology either. The selfconscious methodology of social science has been largely a borrowing…
The concept of mechanism is analyzed in terms of entities and activities, organized such that they are productive of regular changes. Examples show how mechanisms work in neurobiology and molecular biology. Thinking in terms of mechanisms provides a new framework for addressing many traditional philosophical issues: causality, laws, explanation, reduction, and scientific change.
To explain the phenomena in the world of our experience, to answer the question “why?” rather than only the question “what?”, is one of the foremost objectives of all rational inquiry; and especially, scientific research in its various branches strives to go beyond a mere description of its subject matter by providing an explanation of…
This paper argues that the medical conception of health as absence of disease is a value-free theoretical notion. Its main elements are biological function and statistical normality, in contrast to various other ideas prominent in the literature on health. Apart from universal environmental injuries, diseases are internal states that depress a functional ability below species-typical…
This essay has two goals. The first is to define the behavioristic study of natural events and to classify behavior. The second is to stress the importance of the concept of purpose. Given any object, relatively abstracted from its surroundings for study, the behavioristic approach consists in the examination of the output of the object…
