Critical Rationalism, Metaphysics and Science: Essays for Joseph Agassi Volume I

Frontispiece; Portrait of Joseph Agassi. Editorial Preface. The Philosopher as All-Rounder -- Introduction to Volume I; I.C. Jarvie, N. Laor. Metaphysics. Universals as Tyrants and Mediators; P.K. Feyerabend. Our Difficulties in Finding the Right Words; B.-A. Scharfstein. The Confrontation and Monadology; A. Shimony. Epiphenomenalism and Human Freedom; J. Watkins. Religion, Science, and the Myth of the Framework; H. Albert. You Can't Have Science as your Religion; T. Settle. Religion and Rational Philosophy: Coming of Age; N. Laor. Logic, Reasoning, and Philosophy of Science. Peano, Logicism and Formalism; M. Segre. How Little Uniformity Need an Inductive Inference Presuppose? D. Miller. The Poverty of Rational Choice Theory; M. Bunge. Criticism, Reasoning and Judgment in Science; M. Finocchiaro. Towards a Popperian Philosophy of Science: the Problem of Credit; N. Koertge. The Mathematics of Philosophy: a Brief Review of my Work; I.J. Good. Indices.