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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Autor principal: Nola, Robert (-)
Otros Autores: Sankey, Howard
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Hoboken : Taylor and Francis 2014.
Colección:EBSCO Academic eBook Collection Complete.
Acceso en línea:Conectar con la versión electrónica
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Sumario: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.
Notas:9.5 Bayesianism and inference to the best explanation.
Descripción Física:392 p.
Formato:Forma de acceso: World Wide Web.
ISBN:9781317493495