Lorenz Krüger

On the Tyranny of Hypothesis Testing in the Social Sciences

Gerd Gigerenzer, professor of psychology at the University of Salzburg (Austria), is coeditor, with L. Kruger, L.J. Daston, and M. Heidelberger, of The Probabilistic Revolution, Vol. 1: Ideas in History. •Zeno Swijtink is assistant professor f history and philosophy of science at Indiana University Bloomington. •Theodore Porter is associate professor of history at the University of Virginia (Charlottesville) and author of The Rise of Statistical Thinking. •Lorraine Daston is professor of the history of science at the University of Gottingen (Germany) and author of Classical Probability in the Enlightenment. •John Beatty is associate professor of the history of science and technology at the University of Minnesota (Minneapolis). •Lorenz Kruger is professor of philosophy at the University of Gottingen (Germany). •Geoffrey R. Loftus, professor of psychology at the University of Washington (Seattle), is coauthor, with E.F. Loftus of Essence of Statistics (2nd ed.).

Why does history matter to philosophy and the sciences? : selected essays

What are the relationships between philosophy and the history of philosophy, the history of science and the philosophy of science? How can they be placed in relation to each other? This volume presents a selection of essays by Lorenz Kruger (1932-1994);in addition toreflections on the fundamental relationship between philosophy, the sciences and their history, it also contains case studies on Locke and Kant, on the dynamics of scientific progress, and on the notion of truth. Key Features Kruger wasa foundingdirector of the Max-Planck-Institutefor the History of Sciences His biography and research combine physics and philosophy Collection of Krugers most important publications Includes among others central discussions to the formation of scientific theories