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| 008 | 990120s1999 inua b 001 0 eng | ||
| 010 | _a99071498 | ||
| 020 | _a0872204529 (paper) | ||
| 020 | _a0872204537 (cloth) | ||
| 035 | _a(Sirsi) i9780872204522 | ||
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_aQ175 _b.C446 1999 |
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_aChalmers, A. F. _q(Alan Francis), _d1939- |
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_aWhat is this thing called science? / _cA.F. Chalmers. |
| 250 | _a3rd ed. | ||
| 260 |
_aIndianapolis : _bHackett Pub., _cc1999. |
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_axxii, 266 p. : _bill. ; _c22 cm. |
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| 504 | _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [256]-263) and index. | ||
| 505 | 0 | _aScience as knowledge derived from the facts of experience -- Observation as practical intervention -- Experiment -- Deriving theories from the facts: induction -- Introducing falsificationism -- Sophisticated falsificationism, novel predictions and the growth of science -- The limitations of falsificationism -- Theories as structures I: Kuhn's paradigms -- Theories as structures II: research programs -- Feyerabend's anarchistic theory of science -- Methodical changes in method -- The Bayesian approach -- The new experimentalism -- Why should the world obey laws? -- Realism and anti-realism. | |
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_aScience _xPhilosophy. |
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_aScience _xPhilosophy. |
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