02832nam 2200637Ia 450 991077788250332120200520144314.00-8166-8184-8(CKB)1000000000470953(EBL)310158(OCoLC)476092864(SSID)ssj0000257430(PQKBManifestationID)11939464(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000257430(PQKBWorkID)10253632(PQKB)11712292(OCoLC)191818106(MdBmJHUP)muse39947(Au-PeEL)EBL310158(CaPaEBR)ebr10159345(CaONFJC)MIL525834(MiAaPQ)EBC310158(EXLCZ)99100000000047095319821214d1983 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrTesting scientific theories[electronic resource] /edited by John EarmanMinneapolis University of Minnesota Pressc19831 online resource (494 p.)Minnesota studies in the philosophy of science ;v. 10Most papers first presented at a research conference held at the Minnesota Center for the Philosophy of Science in June 1980.0-8166-1159-9 0-8166-1158-0 Includes bibliographical references and indexes.Contents; I . Glymour's Bootstrapping Theory of Confirmation; II. The Bayesian Perspective and the Problem of Old Evidence; III. Evidence and Explanation; IV. Historical Case Studies; V. Some Alternative Views on Testing Theories; VI. Testing Particular Theories; Author Index; Subject IndexTesting Scientific Theories was first published in 1984. Minnesota Archive Editions uses digital technology to make long-unavailable books once again accessible, and are published unaltered from the original University of Minnesota Press editions.Since much of a scientist's work consists of constructing arguments to show how experiments and observation bear on a particular theory, the methodologies of theory testing and their philosophical underpinnings are of vital concern to philosophers of science. Confirmation of scientific theories is the topic of Clark Glymour's important book Theory andMinnesota studies in the philosophy of science ;v. 10.Theory (Philosophy)SciencePhilosophyEvidenceTheory (Philosophy)SciencePhilosophy.Evidence.501 s501Earman John52075MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910777882503321Testing scientific theories3793135UNINA