| Preface
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| 1 | Introduction
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| 2 | Empirical Success | 15 |
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| 1 | Scientific Success | 15 |
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| 2 | Empirical Success and Theoretical Success | 16 |
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| 3 | Defining Empirical Success | 21 |
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| 3 | Whig Realism | 33 |
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| 1 | Introduction | 33 |
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| 2 | Scientific Realists and Antirealists | 34 |
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| 3 | Kitcher's Recent Defense of Realism | 36 |
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| 4 | Discussion of Kitcher’s Views | 37 |
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| 5 | Whig Realism | 38 |
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| 6 | Evidence for Whig Realism | 42 |
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| 7 | Methodological Import of Whig Realism | 48 |
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| 4 | Decision Vectors | 51 |
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| 1 | Decision Vectors and Scientific Rationality | 51 |
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| 2 | Survey of Decision Vectors | 55 |
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| 5 | Dissent | 65 |
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| 1 | Initial Reflections | 65 |
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| 2 | Evolutionary Biology after Publication of Origin
An Example of Good Distribution of Research Effort | 68 |
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| 3 | Genetics before the Discovery of DNA
An Example of Less Good Dsitribution of Research Effort | 81 |
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| 4 | The Continental Drift Dispute, 1920–1950 | 86 |
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| 5 | Cancer Virus Research | 92 |
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| 6 | The "Invisible Hand of Reason" | 95 |
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| 6 | Consenus | 97 |
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| 1 | Background | 97 |
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| 2 | Initial Reflections | 100 |
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| 3 | Consensus on Plate Tectonics | 102 |
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| 4 | Consensus on the "Central Dogma" | 109 |
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| 5 | Comments | 114 |
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| 7 | Social Empiricism | 117 |
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| 1 | Statement of Social Empiricism | 117 |
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| 2 | Consensus on Plate Tectonics | 120 |
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| 3 | Consensus on the "Central Dogma" | 122 |
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| 4 | Consensus on the Variability Hypothesis | 123 |
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| 5 | Consensus on a Surgical Practice | 124 |
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| 6 | Consensus on the Ovulation Theory of Menstruation | 126 |
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| 7 | Consensus on the Copenhagen Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics | 127 |
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| 8 | Dissolution of Consensus: Cold Fusion | 129 |
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| 9 | Dissolution of Consensus: Treatment of Peptic Ulcers | 132 |
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| 10 | A More Social Epistemology | 134 |
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| 8 | Epistemic Fairness | 137 |
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| 1 | Social Empiricism and Naturalized Epistemology | 137 |
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| 2 | Standpoint Epistemologies of Science | 141 |
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| 3 | Longino's Epistemology of Science | 143 |
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| 4 | Social Empiricism and Feminist Philosophy | 145 |
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| 5 | Conclusions | 148 |
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| Notes | 153 |
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| References | 163 |
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| Index
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