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Science and scepticism

Title
Science and scepticism / John Watkins.
Author
Watkins, John W. N.
Publication
Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©1984.

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Description
xvii, 387 pages; 25 cm
Subject
  • Science > Philosophy
  • Skepticism
  • Rationalism
  • Knowledge, Theory of
  • Philosophy
  • Science
  • Philosophy
  • Science
  • rationalism (philosophy)
  • epistemology
  • philosophy
  • sciences (philosophy)
  • science (modern discipline)
  • Knowledge, Theory of
  • Rationalism
  • Science > Philosophy
  • Skepticism
  • Erkenntnistheorie
  • Skeptizismus
  • Wissenschaft
  • Wetenschapsfilosofie
  • Rationaliteit
  • Scepticisme
Note
  • Includes indexes.
Bibliography (note)
  • Bibliography: p. 356-380.
Contents
Scepticism and irrationalism -- Probabilism -- The inductive ascent -- The optimum aim for science -- The optimum aim elucidated -- Deductivism and statistical explanation -- The empirical basis -- Corroboration.
ISBN
  • 0691072949
  • 9780691072944
  • 069110171X
  • 9780691101712
LCCN
84042555
OCLC
  • ocm10696632
  • 10696632
  • SCSB-610863
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library