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Theories on the scrap heap : scientists and philosophers on the falsification, rejection, and replacement of theories
- Title
- Theories on the scrap heap : scientists and philosophers on the falsification, rejection, and replacement of theories / John Losee.
- Author
- Losee, John.
- Publication
- Pittsburgh, Pa. : University of Pittsburgh Press, c2005.
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- Description
- viii, 206 p. : ill.; 23 cm.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 193-200) and index.
- Contents
- Theories and falsification -- The logic of falsification -- The limits of falsification -- Are there crucial experiments? -- Falsification and the method of difference -- The rejection of theories -- Popper's methodological falsificationism -- Responses to prima facie falsifying evidence -- The replacement of theories -- Whewell on scientific progress -- Kuhn on theory replacement -- Lakatos on progressive research programs -- The asymptotic agreement of calculations -- The acceptability of theories -- Successful prediction and the acceptability of theories -- Variety within evidence -- Other factors in theory evaluation.
- Call Number
- JFE 05-5853
- ISBN
- 0822958732 (acid-free paper)
- LCCN
- 2004027638
- OCLC
- 57044104
- Author
- Losee, John.
- Title
- Theories on the scrap heap : scientists and philosophers on the falsification, rejection, and replacement of theories / John Losee.
- Imprint
- Pittsburgh, Pa. : University of Pittsburgh Press, c2005.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 193-200) and index.
- Connect to:
- Research Call Number
- JFE 05-5853