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Realist Philosophy of Science
Jerrold L. Aronson
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Description for Realist Philosophy of Science
Hardcover. Num Pages: 288 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 30. Weight in Grams: 460.
This book is about the nature of scientific theory. The central topicic of inquiry concerns how it is that theories are able to supply us with powerful and elegant explanations of puzzling phenomena that often confront the scientist and layman alike. It is argued that an answer to this question supplies us with an account of how theories achieve a variety of tasks such as the prediction and organization of data, including how they support a very important class of claims known int he literature as counterfactual conditionals. The book begins by presenting a critical survey of past, classic formulations ... Read more
This book is about the nature of scientific theory. The central topicic of inquiry concerns how it is that theories are able to supply us with powerful and elegant explanations of puzzling phenomena that often confront the scientist and layman alike. It is argued that an answer to this question supplies us with an account of how theories achieve a variety of tasks such as the prediction and organization of data, including how they support a very important class of claims known int he literature as counterfactual conditionals. The book begins by presenting a critical survey of past, classic formulations ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1984
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Number of Pages
278
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780333353295
SKU
V9780333353295
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About Jerrold L. Aronson
JERROLD L. ARONSON is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the State University of New York at Binghampton. He received his BS in physics at the University of Illinois and his PhD in philosophy at the University of Wisconsin. From 1967 to 1969 he was an Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Tufts University. He has contributed to scholarly journals on such ... Read more
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