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1	The Scientific Image more books like this by B C Vanfrassen, Bas C Van Fraassen add to wishlist In this book van Fraassen develops an alternative to scientific realism by constructing and evaluating three mutually reinforcing theories. see all copies from $19.95! new only from $40.08! \| first editions \| SVS
2	Formal semantics and logic more books like this by Bas C. Van Fraassen add to wishlist see all copies from $12.50! first editions
3	Quantum Mecanics more books like this by Fraassen Van, Professor Bas C Van Fraassen add to wishlist After introducing the empiricist point of view in philosophy of science, and the concepts and methods of the semantic approach to scientific theories, Professor van Fraassen discusses quantum theory in three stages. He first examines the question of whether and how empirical phenomena require a non-classical theory, and what sort of theory they ... see all copies from $47.50! new only from $68.12! \| first editions \| SVS
4	The Empirical Stance: Family and Material Culture, 1500-1800 more books like this by Professor Bas C Van Fraassen add to wishlist What is empiricism and what could it be? The author, a contributor to philosophical logic and the philosophy of science, undertakes a fresh consideration of these questions and offers a programme for renewal of the empiricist tradition. see all copies from $14.95! new only from $17.13! \| SVS
5	Scientific Representation: Paradoxes of Perspective more books like this by Professor Bas C Van Fraassen add to wishlist Bas C. van Fraassen presents an original exploration of how we represent the world. Science represents natural phenomena by means of theories, as well as in many concrete ways by such means as pictures, graphs, table-top models, and computer simulations. Scientific Representation begins with an inquiry into the nature of representation in general ... see all copies from $41.62! new only from $41.62! \| SVS
6	Laws and Symmetry more books like this by Bas C Van Fraassen add to wishlist Metaphysicians speak of laws of nature in terms of necessity and universality; scientists do so in terms of symmetry and invariance. This book argues that no metaphysical account of laws can succeed. The author analyses and rejects the arguments that there are laws of nature, or that we must believe that there are. He argues that we should discard ... see all copies from $30.58! new only from $44.39! \| SVS
7	Derivation and counterexample; an introduction to philosophical logic more books like this by Karel Lambert, Bas C. Van Fraassen add to wishlist see all copies from $2.35! first editions
8	Topics in the Foundation of Statistics more books like this by Professor Bas C Van Fraassen add to wishlist Foundational research focuses on the theory, but theories are to be related also to other theories, experiments, facts in their domains, data, and to their uses in applications, whether of prediction, control, or explanation. A theory is to be identified through its class of models, but not so narrowly as to disallow these roles. The language of ... see all copies from $62.52! new only from $62.52! \| SVS
9	An Introduction to the Philosophy of Time and Space more books like this by Van Fraassen Bas C, Bas C. Van Fraassen add to wishlist see all copies from $26.50!
10	An introduction to the philosophy of time and space more books like this by Bas C. Van Fraassen add to wishlist see all copies from $11.99!
11	Laws and Symmetry more books like this by Fraassen Van, Bas C. Van Fraassen add to wishlist This treatise presents an argument that no metaphysical account of laws can succeed. The author analyzes and rejects the arguments that there are laws of nature, or that we must believe that there are. He argues that we should discard the idea of law as an inadequate clue to science. After exploring what this means for general epistemology, the ... see all copies from $80.00! first editions
12	Possibilities and Paradox: An Introduction to Modal and Many-Valued Logic more books like this by J C Beall, Bas C Fraassen, Professor Bas C Van Fraassen add to wishlist Extensively classroom-tested, this text provides an accessible and carefully structured introduction to modal and many-valued logic. The authors cover the basic formal frameworks, as well as considering a variety of philosophical issues surrounding 'possibilities and paradox'. In order to aid understanding, each chapter provides the following ... see all copies from $227.02!
13	Logic Bivalence and Denotation more books like this by Bas C. Van Fraassen, Karel Lambert, Ermanno Bencivenga add to wishlist see all copies from $5.54!
14	Quantum Mechanics: An Empiricist View more books like this by Fraassen Van, Professor Bas C Van Fraassen add to wishlist After introducing the empiricist point of view in philosophy of science, and the concepts and methods of the semantic approach to scientific theories, Professor van Fraassen discusses quantum theory in three stages. He first examines the question of whether and how empirical phenomena require a non-classical theory, and what sort of theory they ... see all copies from $170.12! new only from $170.12!

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