Constellations and Conjectures
暫譯: 星座與推測

Hanson, Norwood Russell, Humphreys Jr, Willard C., Lund, Matthew D.

Constellations and Conjectures
  • 出版商: Springer
  • 出版日期: 2026-01-14
  • 售價: $5,660
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  • 語言: 英文
  • 頁數: 251
  • 裝訂: Hardcover - also called cloth, retail trade, or trade
  • ISBN: 9402423192
  • ISBN-13: 9789402423198

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商品描述

This second edition of Norwood Russell Hanson's Constellations and Conjectures, a philosophical history of astronomy originally published in 1973, provides significant updates and corrections to the original text. The new edition also features an introduction by Matthew D. Lund, author of N.R. Hanson: Observation, Discovery, and Scientific Change (Humanity Books, 2010), that contextualizes the book and Hanson's legacy.

Hanson, a driving force behind the creation of History and Philosophy of Science (HPS) as a new subject of study in the post-war period, saw history and philosophy of science as mutually interdependent and illuminating. Hanson brought Wittgensteinian ordinary language philosophy to bear on the concepts of science, and his treatments of observation, discovery, and the theory-ladenness of scientific facts remain central to the philosophy of science. Additionally, Hanson was one of philosophy's great personalities, and his charm and sense of humor come through clearly in the pages of Constellations and Conjectures.

Hanson's vivid writing and drawings bring to life humanity's perennial fascination for the heavens. While some might view the history of science as a repository of error and confusion, Hanson argues that intelligibility emerges incrementally and, in the end, triumphantly, as history unfolds. Astronomy's history is viewed as a sort of grand romance where the ideals of prediction and explanation continually elude and evade each other, until their destined union. This book is of interest to scholars of philosophy and the history of astronomy.

商品描述(中文翻譯)

這本由 Norwood Russell Hanson 所著的《星座與推測》（Constellations and Conjectures）第二版，原於1973年出版，是一本哲學史上的天文學著作，對原文進行了重要的更新和修正。新版本還包含了 Matthew D. Lund 的導言，他是《N.R. Hanson: Observation, Discovery, and Scientific Change》（人文書籍，2010年）的作者，該導言為本書和 Hanson 的遺產提供了背景。

Hanson 是戰後時期歷史與科學哲學（History and Philosophy of Science, HPS）這一新學科創建的重要推動者，他認為科學的歷史與哲學是相互依賴且相輔相成的。Hanson 將維根斯坦的日常語言哲學應用於科學概念上，他對觀察、發現以及科學事實的理論依賴性（theory-ladenness）的探討，至今仍是科學哲學的核心。此外，Hanson 是哲學界的偉大人物之一，他的魅力和幽默感在《星座與推測》的頁面中清晰可見。

Hanson 生動的寫作和插圖使人類對天空的持久迷戀栩栩如生。雖然有些人可能將科學史視為錯誤和混亂的儲存庫，但 Hanson 主張可理解性是逐步出現的，最終隨著歷史的展開而獲得勝利。天文學的歷史被視為一種宏大的浪漫，其中預測和解釋的理想不斷地互相逃避，直到它們的命定結合。本書對於哲學和天文學歷史的學者具有興趣。

作者簡介

Norwood Russell Hanson was an American philosopher who was active in the 1950s and 1960s. His principal works are Patterns of Discovery (1958) and The Concept of the Positron (1963). Hanson is most famous for having argued that scientific observation is theory-laden and that scientific discovery is rationally appraisable. Hanson was also one of the founders of the integrated study of philosophy of science and history of science (HPS).

Willard C. Humphreys, Jr. was an American philosopher, and a student of Norwood Russell Hanson. Humphreys was the author of many books and articles, and edited two of Hanson's posthumously published books, Perception and Discovery and Constellations and Conjectures.

Matthew D. Lund is an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Philosophy and World Religions at Rowan University. He is the author of N.R. Hanson: Observation, Discovery, and Scientific Change (Humanity Books, 2010), the only book-length study of Hanson's philosophy. He is also editor of N.R. Hanson's Perception and Discovery: An Introduction to Scientific Inquiry, Second Edition (Springer, 2018) and What I Do Not Believe, and Other Essays, Second Edition (Springer, 2020).

作者簡介(中文翻譯)

諾伍德·拉塞爾·漢森（Norwood Russell Hanson）是一位活躍於1950年代和1960年代的美國哲學家。他的主要著作包括《發現的模式》（Patterns of Discovery，1958年）和《正電子的概念》（The Concept of the Positron，1963年）。漢森最著名的論點是科學觀察是理論負載的，並且科學發現是可以理性評估的。漢森也是科學哲學與科學史（HPS）綜合研究的創始人之一。

威拉德·C·漢弗萊斯， Jr.（Willard C. Humphreys, Jr.）是一位美國哲學家，也是諾伍德·拉塞爾·漢森的學生。漢弗萊斯撰寫了許多書籍和文章，並編輯了漢森兩本死後出版的書籍，《知覺與發現》（Perception and Discovery）和《星座與推測》（Constellations and Conjectures）。

馬修·D·倫德（Matthew D. Lund）是羅文大學（Rowan University）哲學與世界宗教系的副教授。他是《N.R. 漢森：觀察、發現與科學變革》（N.R. Hanson: Observation, Discovery, and Scientific Change，Humanity Books，2010年）的作者，這是對漢森哲學的唯一書籍長度研究。他還編輯了《N.R. 漢森的知覺與發現：科學探究導論，第二版》（N.R. Hanson's Perception and Discovery: An Introduction to Scientific Inquiry, Second Edition，Springer，2018年）和《我不相信的事，及其他隨筆，第二版》（What I Do Not Believe, and Other Essays, Second Edition，Springer，2020年）。

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