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Can Theories be Refuted?
. Ed(S): Harding, S.G.; Harding, Sandra G.
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Hardback. Editor(s): Harding, S.G.; Harding, Sandra G. Series: Synthese Library. Num Pages: 323 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 669.
According to a view assumed by many scientists and philosophers of science and standardly found in science textbooks, it is controlled ex perience which provides the basis for distinguishing between acceptable and unacceptable theories in science: acceptable theories are those which can pass empirical tests. It has often been thought that a certain sort of test is particularly significant: 'crucial experiments' provide supporting empiri cal evidence for one theory while providing conclusive evidence against another. However, in 1906 Pierre Duhem argued that the falsification of a theory is necessarily ambiguous and therefore that there are no crucial experiments; one can ... Read more
According to a view assumed by many scientists and philosophers of science and standardly found in science textbooks, it is controlled ex perience which provides the basis for distinguishing between acceptable and unacceptable theories in science: acceptable theories are those which can pass empirical tests. It has often been thought that a certain sort of test is particularly significant: 'crucial experiments' provide supporting empiri cal evidence for one theory while providing conclusive evidence against another. However, in 1906 Pierre Duhem argued that the falsification of a theory is necessarily ambiguous and therefore that there are no crucial experiments; one can ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1975
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Number of pages
323
Condition
New
Series
Synthese Library
Number of Pages
323
Place of Publication
Dordrecht, Netherlands
ISBN
9789027706294
SKU
V9789027706294
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