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Philosophy of natural science

Title: Philosophy of natural science / Carl G. Hempel.
Author: Hempel, Carl G. (Carl Gustav), 1905-1997.
Publication: Englewood Cliffs, N.J. : Prentice-Hall, ©1966.

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Description

ix, 116 pages; 23 cm

Summary

This volume explores the logic and methodology of scientific inquiry rather than its substantive results.

Series Statement

Prentice-Hall foundations of philosophy series

Uniform Title

Prentice-Hall foundations of philosophy series.

Subject

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references.

Contents

Scope and alm of this book -- Scientific inquiry: invention and test -- The test of a hypothesis: its logic and its force -- Criteria of confirmation and acceptability -- Laws and their role in scientific explanation -- Theories and theoretical explanation -- Concept formation -- Theoretical reduction.

ISBN

0136638236
9780136638230

LCCN

66019891

OCLC

ocm00396051
396051
SCSB-167678

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library