The Philosophy of Scientific Experimentation

Preface and Acknowledgments vii About the Contributors ix Toward a More Developed Philosophy of Scientific Experimentation 1(18) Hans Radder The Materiality of Instruments in a Metaphysics for Experiments 19(20) Rom Harre Thing Knowledge: Outline of a Materialist Theory of Knowledge 39(29) Davis Baird Physics, Experiments, and the Concept of Nature 68(19) Peter Kroes Experimentation, Causal Inference, and Instrumental Realism 87(32) Jim Woodward Technology as Basis and Object of Experimental Practices 119(19) Rainer Lange Theory-Ladenness and Scientific Instruments in Experimentation 138(14) Michael Heidelberger Technology and Theory in Experimental Science 152(22) Hans Radder The Idols of Experiment: Transcending the ``Etc. List'' 174(24) Giora Hon Models, Simulation, and ``Computer Experiments'' 198(18) Evelyn Fox Keller Experiments without Material Intervention: Model Experiments, Virtual Experiments, and Virtually Experiments 216(20) Mary S. Morgan Designing Instruments and the Design of Nature 236(19) Daniel Rothbart Varying the Cognitive Span: Experimentation, Visualization, and Computation 255(30) David Gooding References 285(18) Index 303