John Wright

Explaining Science's Success

Understanding How Scientific Knowledge Works

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

An exploration into the nature of scientific knowledge and why it has proved so successful.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. November 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 241mm x 161mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 472g
• ISBN-13: 9781844655328
• ISBN-10: 1844655326
• Artikelnr.: 36138313

Autorenporträt

Wright, John

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction 1. Some surprising phenomena 2. Some unsatisfactory
explanations of the phenomena 3. A defeasible a priori justification of
induction 4. The independence of theory from data 5. Some more
success-conducive properties of theories 6. Newton's law of motion and law
of gravitation 7. Special relativity 8. Mendelian genetics 9. Conclusion