Physics, Philosophy, and the Scientific Community Essays in the phil
In three volumes, a distinguished group of scholars from a variety of disciplines in the natural and social sciences, the humanities and the arts contribute essays in honor of Robert S. Cohen, on the occasion of his 70th birthday. The range of the essays,
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BOSTON STUDIES IN THE PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE
Editor ROBERT S. COHEN, Boston University
Editorial Advisory Board THOMAS F. GLICK, Boston University ADOLF GRUNBAUM, University of Pittsburgh SAHOTRA SARKAR, McGill University SYLVAN S. SCHWEBER, Brandeis University JOHN 1. STACHEL, Boston University MARX W. WARTOFSKY, Baruch College of
the City University of New York
VOLUME 163
BOSTON STUDIES IN THE PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE
Editorial Committee for the Robert S. Cohen Festschrifts: KOSTAS GAVROGLU, National Technical University, Athens, Greece ADOLF GRUNBAUM, University of Pittsburgh JURGEN RENN, Max-Planck-Institut for Wissenschaftsgeschichte, Berlin SAHOTRA SARKAR, McGill University SYLVAN S. SCHWEBER, Brandeis University JOHN J. STACHEL, Boston University MARX W. WARTOFSKY, Baruch College, The City University of New York
Volume I
Physics, Philosophy, and the Scientific Community Essays in the philosophy and history of the natural sciences and mathematics Volume II Science, Politics and Social Practice Essays on Marxism and science, philosophy of culture and the social sciences Volume III Science, Mind and Art Essays on science and the humanistic understanding in art, epistemology, religion and ethics
ROBERT S. COHEN
PHYSICS, PHILOSOPHY, AND THE SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY Essays in the philosophy and history of the natural sciences and mathematics In honor of Robert S. Cohen
Edited by KOSTAS GAVROGLU National Technical University, Athens JOHN STACHEL Boston University MARX W. WARTOFSKY Baruch College, The City University of New York
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Ph y sic s. phi los 0 Ph y. and the sci en t If Icc 0 mmunit y e s say sin the philosophy and history of the natural SCiences and mathematics In honor of Robert S. Cohen I edited by Kostas Gavroglu. John Stachel. Marx W. Wartofsky. p. cm. -- (Boston studies In the philosophy of science; v. 163) Includes Index. ISBN 978-90-481-4436-5 ISBN 978-94-017-2658-0 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-94-017-2658-0
1. Sclence--Hlstory. 2. Physlcs--Hlstory. 3. Mathematlcs-History. 4. Natural history. 1. Cohen. R. S. (Robert Sonne) II. Gavroglu. Kostas. III. Stachel. John J .• 1928IV. Wartofsky. Marx W. V. Series. Q126.8.P48 1994 509--dc20 94-22250 ISBN 978-90-481-4436-5
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
PREFACE INTRODUCTION
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A. PHILOSOPHICAL AND HISTORICAL ISSUES IN CONTEMPORARY PHYSICS Experiment Vis-a-vis Theory in Superconductivity Research. The Case of Bernd Matthias CATHERINE CHEV ALLEY / Philosophy and the Birth of Quantum Theory MARIA L. DALLA CHIARA and G. TORALDO DI FRANCI
