Vai al contenuto principale della pagina

Testing scientific theories / / edited by John Earman



(Visualizza in formato marc)    (Visualizza in BIBFRAME)

Titolo: Testing scientific theories / / edited by John Earman Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Minneapolis, : University of Minnesota Press, c1983
Edizione: 1st ed.
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (494 p.)
Disciplina: 501 s
501
Soggetto topico: Theory (Philosophy)
Science - Philosophy
Evidence
Altri autori: EarmanJohn  
Note generali: Most papers first presented at a research conference held at the Minnesota Center for the Philosophy of Science in June 1980.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Nota di contenuto: 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 Index
Sommario/riassunto: Testing 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 and
Titolo autorizzato: Testing scientific theories  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 0-8166-8184-8
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910820947803321
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
Opac: Controlla la disponibilità qui
Serie: Minnesota studies in the philosophy of science ; ; v. 10.