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Salmon Wesley C. |
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Titolo |
Reality and rationality / / Wesley C. Salmon ; edited by Phil Dowe and Merrilee H. Salmon |
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Oxford, [England] : , : Oxford University Press, , 2005 |
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©2005 |
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0-19-773146-5 |
1-280-56056-8 |
9786610560561 |
0-19-534642-4 |
1-4237-6193-6 |
1-60256-538-4 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (300 p.) |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; I. Reality: Introduction; 1. Realism and Empiricism: The Key Question; 2. Scientific Realism in the Empiricist Tradition; 3. An Empiricist Argument for Realism; II. Rationality: Introduction; 4. Plausibility Arguments in Science; 5. Discovery and Justification; 6. Rationality and Objectivity in Science; 7. Revisions of Scientific Convictions; 8. Dynamic Rationality; 9. Hume's Arguments on Cosmology and Design; 10. The ""Almost-Deduction"" Theory; 11. The ""Partial-Entailment"" Theory; 12. Confirmation and Relevance; Notes; References; Bibliography of Works; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F |
GH; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W |
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Presents a collection of published articles by one of the top philosophers of science in the 20th century, Wesley C Salmon. This volume is of interest to both undergraduates and professional philosophers, primarily in the philosophy of science. |
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