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Prediction or Prophecy?
Gregor Betz
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Paperback. Num Pages: 280 pages, 7 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: KC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148 x 16. Weight in Grams: 394.
"Knowing, in order to predict". It was this leitmotiv alone that Auguste Comte, in the 19th century, considered suitable for the then rapidly developing empirical sciences. This view remains unchanged until today—not only in the empirical sciences themselves, but also in the philosophy of science. A scientific theory is and should be evaluated primarily on the grounds of its capacity to correctly predict observable phenomena. The aim of predicting takes precedence over the other important aim of science, namely to produce and purposefully manipulate phenomena by technical means in the laboratory, moreover, it even includes the latter. For if scientists ... Read more
"Knowing, in order to predict". It was this leitmotiv alone that Auguste Comte, in the 19th century, considered suitable for the then rapidly developing empirical sciences. This view remains unchanged until today—not only in the empirical sciences themselves, but also in the philosophy of science. A scientific theory is and should be evaluated primarily on the grounds of its capacity to correctly predict observable phenomena. The aim of predicting takes precedence over the other important aim of science, namely to produce and purposefully manipulate phenomena by technical means in the laboratory, moreover, it even includes the latter. For if scientists ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Deutscher Universitats-Verlag Germany
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
Number of Pages
280
Place of Publication
Wiesbaden, Germany
ISBN
9783835002234
SKU
V9783835002234
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99-15
About Gregor Betz
Dr. Gregor Betz ist wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter von Prof. Dr. Holm Tetens am Fachbereich Philosophie und Geisteswissenschaften der Freien Universität Berlin.
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