1. Mary Hesse’s Hermeneutic Approach in Understanding Scientific Concepts; an Explanation

saide bagheri; Shahin Iravani; Khosrow Bagheri NoaParast; Mohammd Reza Sharafi

Volume 7, Issue 13 , Summer and Autumn 2017, , Pages 1-22

Abstract
  This study consists of three parts: reviewing approaches in philosophy of science; presenting Mary Hesse’s hermeneutic approach and, finally, extracting Hesse's view on the understanding of scientific concepts. In order to clarify Hesse’s approach, we, in the first part, review the post-positivistic ...  Read More

2. Sociological Approach to Philosophy of Science

Nawab Mogharrebi

Volume 1, Issue 2 , Winter and Spring 2012, , Pages 163-180

Abstract
  As an independent, serious, and powerful field of human knowledge, till the 1970's, sociology of science was not so paid attention to in philosophers' debates. Early in 1970's however, many philosophers approached to this field of human knowledge in various ways. Since then, great advances and important ...  Read More