LEADER 04991oam 2200733I 450 001 9910808958603321 005 20240402094455.0 010 $a1-138-87116-8 010 $a1-315-83001-9 010 $a1-317-85159-5 010 $a1-317-85160-9 024 7 $a10.4324/9781315830018 035 $a(CKB)2550000001250934 035 $a(EBL)1656273 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001216120 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11697433 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001216120 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11190836 035 $a(PQKB)10492289 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1656273 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1656273 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10851412 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL585931 035 $a(OCoLC)875096786 035 $a(OCoLC)878144340 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000001250934 100 $a20180331h20131970 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aHypothesis and perception $ethe roots of scientific method /$fErrol E. Harris 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aLondon ;$aNew York :$cRoutledge,$d1970, 2013. 215 $a1 online resource (400 p.) 225 1 $aMuirhead Library of Philosophy ;$vVolumes 17 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-415-29615-3 311 $a1-306-54680-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCover; 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 327 $aIV. 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 327 $aii. 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 327 $aiv. 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 327 $aiii. 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 330 $aFirst published in 2002. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company. 410 0$aMuirhead library of philosophy ;$vVolumes 17. 606 $aScience$xMethodology 606 $aHypothesis 606 $aPerception 615 0$aScience$xMethodology. 615 0$aHypothesis. 615 0$aPerception. 676 $a501 676 $a001.42 700 $aHarris$b Errol E.$0260121 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910808958603321 996 $aHypothesis and perception$94059988 997 $aUNINA