Table of Contents

Some Remarks Concerning Rationality in Science.- Scientific Rationality and the Ethics of Belief.- Explanation and Understanding: An Open Question?.- The Empirical Investigation of Synonymy and the Implication for Science.- A Model of Rational Consensus in Science.- Science, a Rational Enterprise? Some Remarks on the Consequences of Distinguishing Science as a Way of Presentation and Science as a Way of Research.- Scientific and Ethical Rationality.- The Underdetermination of Theory by Data.- Types of Dialogue — The Use of Microstructures for the Classification of Texts.- Conceptual Continuity through Theory Changes.- Science and Humanism.- Probabilistic Empiricism and Rationality.- Norms of Inquiry: Rationality, Consistency Requirements and Normative Conflict.- The Influence of Reason on the Origin of Science.- Normative Characteristics of Scientific Activity.- Explanation of Action.- Index of Names.- Index of Subjects.