Confirmation, empirical progress, and truth approximation /
This book is the first of two volumes devoted to the work of Theo Kuipers, a leading Dutch philosopher of science. Philosophers and scientists from all over the world, thirty seven in all, comment on Kuipers' philosophy, and each of their commentaries is followed by a reply from Kuipers. The pr...
| Други автори: | Festa, Roberto., Aliseda, Atocha., Peijnenburg, Adriana Johanna Maria, 1952- |
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| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
Amsterdam ; New York, NY :
Rodopi,
℗♭2005.
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| Серия: |
Essays in debate with Theo Kuipers ;
1. Poznan studies in the philosophy of the sciences and the humanities ; 83. |
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Print version::
Confirmation, empirical progress, and truth approximation. |
Съдържание:
- Introduction; The Threefold Evaluation of Theories: A Synopsis of From Instrumentalism to Constructive Realism. On Some Relations between Confirmation, Empirical Progress, and Truth Approximation (2000); CONFIRMATION AND THE HD METHOD; EMPIRICAL PROGRESS BY ABDUCTION AND INDUCTION; TRUTH APPROXIMATION BY ABDUCTION; TRUTH APPROXIMATION BY EMPIRICAL AND NONEMPIRICAL MEANS; TRUTHLIKENESS AND UPDATING; REFINED TRUTH APPROXIMATION; REALISM AND METAPHORS; Bibliography of Theo A.F. Kuipers; Index of Names.