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Theories of scientific method : an introduction / / Robert Nola and Howard Sankey
| Theories of scientific method : an introduction / / Robert Nola and Howard Sankey |
| Autore | Nola Robert |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2014 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (392 p.) |
| Disciplina | 501 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | SankeyHoward |
| Collana | Philosophy and science |
| Soggetto topico | Science - Methodology |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-317-49349-4
1-315-71195-8 1-282-94336-7 9786612943362 1-84465-388-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Abbreviations; Acknowledgements; Introduction; I The idea of methodology; 1 What is this thing called scientific method?; 1.1 Different methodological practices within the sciences; 1.2 Methodology and clinical trials; 1.3 Methodology within the context of discovery and the context of justification; 1.4 Methods for discovery; 1.5 Heuristics as methodology; 1.6 Scientific method and the methodology of logic; 2 Theoretical values in science; 2.1 Aims of science and scientists; 2.2 A broad classification of kinds of value
2.3 Some virtues of scientific theories2.4 Kuhn on values; 2.5 Aims and values of science: Popper; 2.6 Aims and values of science: Duhem; 2.7 Epistemic and pragmatic values; 3 Rules and principles of method; 3.1 Values, rules and principles of method; 3.2 Some features of principles of method; 3.3 Methodological principles from the history of science, I: Descartes; 3.4 Methodological principles from the history of science, II: Newton; 3.5 Methodological principles from the history of science, III: Duhem; 4 Metamethodology 4.1 A three-tiered relationship between science, methods and metamethods4.2 Metamethodology: what is it and is it possible?; 4.3 A priori, empirical and expressivist approaches to metamethodology; 4.4 The metamethodology of reflective equilibrium; 4.5 The historical turn, methods and metamethods; II Inductive and hypothetico-deductive methods; 5 Induction in science; 5.1 Deduction and induction; 5.2 From induction to probability and confirmation; 5.3 Enumerative induction; 5.4 The rule of inference to the best explanation; 5.5 The problem of grue; 5.6 Simplicity of equations 5.7 Simplicity and curve-fitting6 Some justifications of induction; 6.1 Attempting a justification of deduction; 6.2 A sceptical argument against the justification of induction; 6.3 The inductivist justification of induction; 6.4 The pragmatic vindication of induction; 6.5 Externalism and the warrant for induction; 7 The hypothetico-deductive method; 7.1 The structure of the H-D method; 7.2 Refinements of, and problems for, the H-D method; 7.3 Problems for H-D confirmation; 7.4 Appendix on some paradoxical results of confirmation theory; III Probability and scientific method 8 Probability, Bayesianism and methodology8.1 Principles and theorems of probability; 8.2 Bayes's theorem in some of its forms; 8.3 Bayesian confirmation; 8.4 The H-D method in a Bayesian context; 8.5 Subjective degree of belief as a probability; 8.6 Metamethodological justification and the Dutch book theorem; 8.7 Bayesian conditionalization and pure subjective Bayesianism; 9 Bayesianism: applications and problems; 9.1 The problem of priors; 9.2 Is Bayesianism complete?; 9.3 New evidence and the problem of old evidence; 9.4 Kuhnian values and Bayesianism 9.5 Bayesianism and inference to the best explanation |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910459266503321 |
Nola Robert
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| London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2014 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Theories of scientific method : an introduction / / Robert Nola and Howard Sankey
| Theories of scientific method : an introduction / / Robert Nola and Howard Sankey |
| Autore | Nola Robert |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2014 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (x, 381 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
| Disciplina | 501 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | SankeyHoward |
| Collana | Philosophy and science |
| Soggetto topico | Science - Methodology |
| ISBN |
1-317-49348-6
1-317-49349-4 1-315-71195-8 1-282-94336-7 9786612943362 1-84465-388-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Abbreviations; Acknowledgements; Introduction; I The idea of methodology; 1 What is this thing called scientific method?; 1.1 Different methodological practices within the sciences; 1.2 Methodology and clinical trials; 1.3 Methodology within the context of discovery and the context of justification; 1.4 Methods for discovery; 1.5 Heuristics as methodology; 1.6 Scientific method and the methodology of logic; 2 Theoretical values in science; 2.1 Aims of science and scientists; 2.2 A broad classification of kinds of value
2.3 Some virtues of scientific theories2.4 Kuhn on values; 2.5 Aims and values of science: Popper; 2.6 Aims and values of science: Duhem; 2.7 Epistemic and pragmatic values; 3 Rules and principles of method; 3.1 Values, rules and principles of method; 3.2 Some features of principles of method; 3.3 Methodological principles from the history of science, I: Descartes; 3.4 Methodological principles from the history of science, II: Newton; 3.5 Methodological principles from the history of science, III: Duhem; 4 Metamethodology 4.1 A three-tiered relationship between science, methods and metamethods4.2 Metamethodology: what is it and is it possible?; 4.3 A priori, empirical and expressivist approaches to metamethodology; 4.4 The metamethodology of reflective equilibrium; 4.5 The historical turn, methods and metamethods; II Inductive and hypothetico-deductive methods; 5 Induction in science; 5.1 Deduction and induction; 5.2 From induction to probability and confirmation; 5.3 Enumerative induction; 5.4 The rule of inference to the best explanation; 5.5 The problem of grue; 5.6 Simplicity of equations 5.7 Simplicity and curve-fitting6 Some justifications of induction; 6.1 Attempting a justification of deduction; 6.2 A sceptical argument against the justification of induction; 6.3 The inductivist justification of induction; 6.4 The pragmatic vindication of induction; 6.5 Externalism and the warrant for induction; 7 The hypothetico-deductive method; 7.1 The structure of the H-D method; 7.2 Refinements of, and problems for, the H-D method; 7.3 Problems for H-D confirmation; 7.4 Appendix on some paradoxical results of confirmation theory; III Probability and scientific method 8 Probability, Bayesianism and methodology8.1 Principles and theorems of probability; 8.2 Bayes's theorem in some of its forms; 8.3 Bayesian confirmation; 8.4 The H-D method in a Bayesian context; 8.5 Subjective degree of belief as a probability; 8.6 Metamethodological justification and the Dutch book theorem; 8.7 Bayesian conditionalization and pure subjective Bayesianism; 9 Bayesianism: applications and problems; 9.1 The problem of priors; 9.2 Is Bayesianism complete?; 9.3 New evidence and the problem of old evidence; 9.4 Kuhnian values and Bayesianism 9.5 Bayesianism and inference to the best explanation |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910785446203321 |
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Nola Robert
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| London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2014 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Theories of scientific method : an introduction / / Robert Nola and Howard Sankey
| Theories of scientific method : an introduction / / Robert Nola and Howard Sankey |
| Autore | Nola Robert |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2014 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (x, 381 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
| Disciplina | 501 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | SankeyHoward |
| Collana | Philosophy and science |
| Soggetto topico | Science - Methodology |
| ISBN |
1-317-49348-6
1-317-49349-4 1-315-71195-8 1-282-94336-7 9786612943362 1-84465-388-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Abbreviations; Acknowledgements; Introduction; I The idea of methodology; 1 What is this thing called scientific method?; 1.1 Different methodological practices within the sciences; 1.2 Methodology and clinical trials; 1.3 Methodology within the context of discovery and the context of justification; 1.4 Methods for discovery; 1.5 Heuristics as methodology; 1.6 Scientific method and the methodology of logic; 2 Theoretical values in science; 2.1 Aims of science and scientists; 2.2 A broad classification of kinds of value
2.3 Some virtues of scientific theories2.4 Kuhn on values; 2.5 Aims and values of science: Popper; 2.6 Aims and values of science: Duhem; 2.7 Epistemic and pragmatic values; 3 Rules and principles of method; 3.1 Values, rules and principles of method; 3.2 Some features of principles of method; 3.3 Methodological principles from the history of science, I: Descartes; 3.4 Methodological principles from the history of science, II: Newton; 3.5 Methodological principles from the history of science, III: Duhem; 4 Metamethodology 4.1 A three-tiered relationship between science, methods and metamethods4.2 Metamethodology: what is it and is it possible?; 4.3 A priori, empirical and expressivist approaches to metamethodology; 4.4 The metamethodology of reflective equilibrium; 4.5 The historical turn, methods and metamethods; II Inductive and hypothetico-deductive methods; 5 Induction in science; 5.1 Deduction and induction; 5.2 From induction to probability and confirmation; 5.3 Enumerative induction; 5.4 The rule of inference to the best explanation; 5.5 The problem of grue; 5.6 Simplicity of equations 5.7 Simplicity and curve-fitting6 Some justifications of induction; 6.1 Attempting a justification of deduction; 6.2 A sceptical argument against the justification of induction; 6.3 The inductivist justification of induction; 6.4 The pragmatic vindication of induction; 6.5 Externalism and the warrant for induction; 7 The hypothetico-deductive method; 7.1 The structure of the H-D method; 7.2 Refinements of, and problems for, the H-D method; 7.3 Problems for H-D confirmation; 7.4 Appendix on some paradoxical results of confirmation theory; III Probability and scientific method 8 Probability, Bayesianism and methodology8.1 Principles and theorems of probability; 8.2 Bayes's theorem in some of its forms; 8.3 Bayesian confirmation; 8.4 The H-D method in a Bayesian context; 8.5 Subjective degree of belief as a probability; 8.6 Metamethodological justification and the Dutch book theorem; 8.7 Bayesian conditionalization and pure subjective Bayesianism; 9 Bayesianism: applications and problems; 9.1 The problem of priors; 9.2 Is Bayesianism complete?; 9.3 New evidence and the problem of old evidence; 9.4 Kuhnian values and Bayesianism 9.5 Bayesianism and inference to the best explanation |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910819780103321 |
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Nola Robert
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| London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2014 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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