Record Nr.

UNINA9910453499603321

Autore

Harris Errol E.

Titolo

Hypothesis and perception : the roots of scientific method / / Errol E. Harris

Pubbl/distr/stampa


London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1970, 2013

ISBN

1-138-87116-8

1-315-83001-9

1-317-85159-5

1-317-85160-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (400 p.)

Collana

Muirhead Library of Philosophy ; ; Volumes 17

Disciplina

501

Soggetti

Science - Methodology

Hypothesis

Perception

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Original Title Page; Original Copyright Page; PREFACE; Table of Contents; PART ONE: CRITICAL; I. PREVALENT VIEWS OF SCIENCE; i. The popular view; ii. Philosophical views; II. INDUCTION; i. Disclaimer of necessity for justification; ii. Induction and probability; iii. The pragmatic justification of induction; iv. Instrumentalism; v. New puzzles for old; vi. The unreasonableness of induction; III. THE EMPIRICIST TREATMENT OF DEDUCTION AND NECESSITY; i. Conventionalism; ii. Deduction and explanation; iii. Counterfactual conditionals; iv. Conclusion

IV. EMPIRICIST REFORMERSi. Dilution of empiricism; ii. Kneale on necessity, perception and consilience; iii. Popper on falsification; (a) Basic statements; (b) Hypothetico-deductive method; PART TWO: HISTORICAL; V. NON-EMPIRICAL ASPECTS OF SCIENTIFIC PROCEDURE; i. The Copernican revolution; (a) Copernicus; (b) Tycho Brahe; (c) Kepler; (d) Galileo; (e) Newton; ii. Dalton and chemical combination; iii. The conservation of mass and energy; iv. Relativity; VI. 'DEDUCTION FROM PHENOMENA'-CASE HISTORIES; i. Kepler's determination of the orbit of

Mars

ii. Harvey's discovery of the circulation of the bloodiii. Newton's experiments; iv. Lavoisier and combustion; v. Darwin's defence of the evolution hypothesis; vi. The discovery of the positron; vii. Findings; VII. SCIENTIFIC ADVANCE; i. Conceptual systems; ii. Recognition of observed data; iii. Articulation and proliferation of schemata; iv. The origins of change; v. The transition process; vi. Innovation and conservatism; vii. System and development; PART THREE: EPISTEMOLOGICAL; VIII. PERCEPTION; i. The epistemological crux; ii. Common views of perception; iii. Sense-data

iv. Critique and merits of sense-data theoriesv. Achievement; vi. Discrepancy between 'data' and percept; vii. Schemata; viii. Context; ix. Innate and acquired schemata; x. Influence of past experience; xi. Interpretation; xii. Degrees of organization; xiii. Perception and science; IX. QUESTION AND ANSWER; i. Science and common sense; ii. Question and presupposition; iii. The origins of hypotheses; iv. Analogy and enumeration; v. Abduction; vi. Confirmation; vii. Note: What is meant by 'discovery'?; X. THE LOGIC OF CONSTRUCTION; i. The concept of structure; ii. Formalism, logic and psychology

iii. Systematic thinkingiv. Necessity and causality; v. Probability; vi. Induction and deduction; vii. Science as a system; XI. THE DIALECTIC OF PROGRESS; i. Comprehensiveness and consistency as marks of adequacy; ii. Objections and criticisms; iii. Science as a scale; iv. Dialectic; v. The unity of science; vi. Hierarchy; vii. Agreement of results; XII. SCIENCE AND TRUTH; i. Objectivity; ii. Science and reality; iii. Criticism and defence; iv. Knowledge and its object; v. Validity and progress; vi. Science and metaphysics; vii. Science and religion; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

First published in 2002. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910689563303321

Titolo

Proposed change of Utah-Nevada state boundary; amendments to the New Hampshire-Vermont Interstate School Compact; and tax treatment of bonds issued by the government of American Samoa : hearing before the Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law of the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, One Hundred Seventh Congress, second session, on H.R. 2054, H.R. 3180, and H.R. 1448, March 6, 2002

Pubbl/distr/stampa


: Washington : U.S. G.P.O.

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (iii, 10 p.)

Soggetti

School districts - Law and legislation - New Hampshire

School districts - Law and legislation - Vermont

Interstate agreements - New Hampshire

Interstate agreements - Vermont

Government securities - Taxation - Law and legislation - American Samoa