Theories of Scientific Method : an Introduction.

What is it to be scientific? Is there such a thing as scientific method? And if so, how might such methods be justified? Robert Nola and Howard Sankey seek to provide answers to these fundamental questions in their exploration of the major recent theories of scientific method. Although for many scie...

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Main Author: Nola, Robert
Other Authors: Sankey, Howard
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, 2014.
Series:Philosophy and science Theories of scientific method
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Summary:What is it to be scientific? Is there such a thing as scientific method? And if so, how might such methods be justified? Robert Nola and Howard Sankey seek to provide answers to these fundamental questions in their exploration of the major recent theories of scientific method. Although for many scientists their understanding of method is something they just pick up in the course of being trained, Nola and Sankey argue that it is possible to be explicit about what this tacit understanding of method is, rather than leave it as some unfathomable mystery. They robustly defend the idea that there i.
Item Description:9.5 Bayesianism and inference to the best explanation.
Physical Description:1 online resource (392 pages)
ISBN:9781317493495
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Language:English.
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