The results, conclusions and claims of natural science are often taken to reliable because they arise from the use of a distinctive method. Yet today, there is widespread scepticism as to whether we can validly talk of method in modern science. This outstanding new survey explains how this controversy has developed since the seventeenth century and explores its philosophical basis.
The results, conclusions and claims of natural science are often taken to reliable because they arise from the use of a distinctive method. Yet today, there is widespread scepticism as to whether we can validly talk of method in modern science. This outstanding new survey explains how this controversy has developed since the seventeenth century and explores its philosophical basis.
Barry Gower teaches Philosophy of Science at Durham University.
Inhaltsangabe
Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 Galileo Galilei Chapter 3 Francis Bacon Chapter 4 Isaac Newton Chapter 5 The Bernoullis and Thomas Bayes Chapter 6 John Herschel, John Stuart Mill and William Whewell Chapter 7 Henri Poincaré and Pierre Duhem Chapter 8 John Venn and Charles Peirce Chapter 9 John Maynard Keynes and Frank Ramsey Chapter 10 Hans Reichenbach and Karl Popper Chapter 11 Rudolf Carnap Chapter 12 Conclusion
Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 Galileo Galilei Chapter 3 Francis Bacon Chapter 4 Isaac Newton Chapter 5 The Bernoullis and Thomas Bayes Chapter 6 John Herschel, John Stuart Mill and William Whewell Chapter 7 Henri Poincaré and Pierre Duhem Chapter 8 John Venn and Charles Peirce Chapter 9 John Maynard Keynes and Frank Ramsey Chapter 10 Hans Reichenbach and Karl Popper Chapter 11 Rudolf Carnap Chapter 12 Conclusion
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