Theories on the scrap heap : scientists and philosophers on the falsification, rejection, and replacement of theories / John Losee.

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Main Author: Losee, John
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Pittsburgh, Pa. : University of Pittsburgh Press, c2005.
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260 |a Pittsburgh, Pa. :  |b University of Pittsburgh Press,  |c c2005. 
300 |a viii, 206 p. :  |b ill. ;  |c 23 cm. 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references (p. 193-200) and index. 
505 0 |a Theories and falsification -- The logic of falsification -- The limits of falsification -- Are there crucial experiments? -- Falsification and the method of difference -- The rejection of theories -- Popper's methodological falsificationism -- Responses to prima facie falsifying evidence -- The replacement of theories -- Whewell on scientific progress -- Kuhn on theory replacement -- Lakatos on progressive research programs -- The asymptotic agreement of calculations -- The acceptability of theories -- Successful prediction and the acceptability of theories -- Variety within evidence -- Other factors in theory evaluation. 
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650 0 |a Science  |x Theory reduction. 
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