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Télécharger le livre : Speculation
Peter Achinstein
Speculation
Newton urged scientists never to speculate, only to prove by establishing experimental facts. By contrast, Einstein urged scientists to speculate freely, since only daring speculations, not experimental facts, can advance science. Who, if either, is right? Is...
Editeur : Oxford University Press
Parution : 2018-11-05

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Télécharger le livre : Evidence and Method
Peter Achinstein
Evidence and Method
What is meant by scientific evidence, and how can a definition of this concept be applied in the sciences to determine whether observed facts constitute evidence that a given theory is true? In this book, Peter Achinstein proposes and defends several objective concepts...
Editeur : Oxford University Press
Parution : 2013-03-04

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Télécharger le livre : Evidence, Explanation, and Realism
Peter Achinstein
Evidence, Explanation, and Realism
The essays in this volume address three fundamental questions in the philosophy of science: What is required for some fact to be evidence for a scientific hypothesis? What does it mean to say that a scientist or a theory explains a phenomenon? Should scientific theories...
Editeur : Oxford University Press
Parution : 2010-05-28

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Télécharger le livre : Particles and Waves
Peter Achinstein
Particles and Waves
This volume brings together eleven essays by the distinguished philosopher of science, Peter Achinstein. The unifying theme is the nature of the philosophical problems surrounding the postulation of unobservable entities such as light waves, molecules, and electrons....
Editeur : Oxford University Press
Parution : 1991-04-18

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