Theories on the scrap heap : scientists and philosophers on the falsification, rejection, and replacement of theories

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

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Losee, John
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Pittsburgh, Pa. : University of Pittsburgh Press, c2005.
Subjects:	Science > Philosophy. Science > Theory reduction. Research.
Online Access:	Table of contents

Table of Contents:

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.