What is this thing called science

By:

Chalmers Alan

Contributor(s):

Publication details: London Open Univesity Press 2013Edition: 4thDescription: 282p xviiISBN:

9781624660382

Subject(s):

1. Science - Philosophy - Physics2. Logical Positivism3. Social Sciences

DDC classification:

501.000000 CHA

Contents:

Contents: Science 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 programmes -- 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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BOOKs	National Law School	NAB Compactor	501 CHA (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		34721

Contents: Science 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 programmes --
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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