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Record Nr.

UNINA9910791064603321

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

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.



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Record Nr.

UNINA9910590049403321

Titolo

Advances in Databases and Information Systems : 26th European Conference, ADBIS 2022, Turin, Italy, September 5–8, 2022, Proceedings / / edited by Silvia Chiusano, Tania Cerquitelli, Robert Wrembel

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2022

ISBN

9783031157400

3031157400

Edizione

[1st ed. 2022.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (419 pages)

Collana

Lecture Notes in Computer Science, , 1611-3349 ; ; 13389

Disciplina

005.74

Soggetti

Database management

Application software

Artificial intelligence

Data structures (Computer science)

Information theory

Computer engineering

Computer networks

Data mining

Database Management

Computer and Information Systems Applications

Artificial Intelligence

Data Structures and Information Theory

Computer Engineering and Networks

Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery

Gestió de bases de dades

Bases de dades

Congressos

Llibres electrònics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.



Nota di contenuto

Keynote Talk and Tutorials -- Graph Processing -- Time Series and Data Streams -- On Line Analytical Processing -- Advanced Querying -- Performance -- Machine Learning -- Data Science Methods.

Sommario/riassunto

This book constitutes the proceedings of the 26th European Conference on Advances in Databases and Information Systems, ADBIS 2022, held in Turin, Italy, in September 2022. The 23 full papers presented together with 5 keynote and tutorial papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 90 submissions. The papers are organized in the following topical sections: keynote talk and tutorials; graph processing; time series and data streams; on line analytical processing; advanced querying; performance; machine learning; data science methods.