Science and Scepticism / / John W.N. Watkins.
This book contains important technical innovations, including comparative measures for the testable content, depth, and unity of scientific theories.Originally published in 1984.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print bo...
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Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton Legacy Lib. eBook Package 1980-1999 |
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Place / Publishing House: | Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2014] ©1984 |
Year of Publication: | 2014 |
Edition: | Course Book |
Language: | English |
Series: | Princeton Legacy Library ;
516 |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (408 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- CONTENTS
- PREFACE
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- REFERENCES AND ABBREVIATIONS
- Part One
- Chapter 1. Scepticism and Irrationalism
- Chapter 2. Probabilism
- Chapter 3. The Inductive Ascent
- Part Two
- Chapter 4. The Optimum Aim for Science
- Chapter 5. The Optimum Aim Elucidated
- Chapter 6. Deductivism and Statistical Explanation
- Chapter 7. The Empirical Basis
- Chapter 8. Corroboration
- Chapter 9. Epilogue
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
- Index of Symbols
- GENERAL INDEX