Science in Reflection The Israel Colloquium: Studies in History, Phi
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BOSTON STUDIES IN THE PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE Editor ROBERT S. COHEN,
Boston University
Editorial Advisory Board ADOLF GRUNBAUM,
University of Pittsburgh
SYL VAN S. SCHWEBER, JOHN J. STACHEL, MARX W. WARTOFSKY,
Brandeis University
Boston University
Baruch College of the City University of New York
VOLUME 110
SCIENCE IN REFLECTION The Israel Colloquium: Studies in History, Philosophy, and Sociology of Science Volume 3
Edited by
EDNA ULLMANN-MARGALIT
KLUWER ACADEMIC PUBLISHERS DORDRECHT / BOSTON / LONDON
Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Science in reflection I edited by Edna Ullmann-Margalit. p. cm. -- (Boston studies in the philosophy of science: v. 110) (The Israel colloquium: studies in history, philosophy, and sociology of science; v. 3) Inc I udes index. ISBN 9027727120. ISBN 9027727139 (pbk.) 1. Science--Phi losophy--Congresses. 2. SCience--Social aspects-Congresses. I. Ullmann-Margalit, Edna. II. Series. III. Series: Israel colloquium: v. 3. Q174.B67 vol. 110 500 s--dc19 [501] 88-3997 CIP ISBN-13: 978-90-277-2713-8 e-ISBN-13: 978-94-009-2957-9 DOl: lO.107/978-94-009-2957-9
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THE ISRAEL COLLOQUIUM: STUDIES IN HISTORY, PHILOSOPHY, AND SOCIOLOGY OF SCIENCE The Governing Board Yehuda Elkana Michael Heyd Asa Kasher Coordinator Edna Ullmann-Margalit Advisory Editorial Board Robert S. Cohen Boston University Yehuda Elkana Tel-Aviv University and The Van Leer-Jerusalem Institute Gerald Holton Harvard University
The Advisory Committee Joseph Ben-David Aryeh Dworetzky Jacob Eckstein Yaron Ezrahi Michael Feldman Seymour Fox Saul Friedlander Amos Funkenstein Max Jammer Shneior Lifson Yuval Ne'eman Shlomo Pines Shmuel Sambursky David Samuel Ben-Ami Scharfstein Ozer Schild Mark Steiner Ezra Talmor Zvi Yavetz
The Israel Colloquium for the History, Philosophy, and Sociology of Science was established in the academy year 1981-82. It offers, annually, a series of public lectures, alternately in Jerusalem and Tel-Aviv. It is sponsored and directed jointly by three bodies: The Center for the History and Philosophy of Science, Technology, and Medicine of The Hebrew University of Jerusalem; The Institute f
