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Charles Peirce's theory of scientific method /

This text is an attempt to understand a significant part of the complex thought of Charles Sanders Peirce, especially in those areas which interested him most: scientific method and related philosophical questions. It is organized primarily from Peirce's own writings, taking chronological setti...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Reilly, Francis Eagan, 1922- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Fordham University Press, 2019.
Edición:First Open Access edition.
Colección:Orestes Brownson series on contemporary thought and affairs ; no. 7.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • PREFACE
  • I CHARLES SANDERS PEIRCE: PHILOSOPHER, SCIENTIST, WRITER
  • II THE SCIENTIST'S CONCERN: KNOWLEDGE FOR ITS OWN SAKE
  • III THE STAGES OF THE METHOD (i): EXPERIENCE AND HYPOTHESIS
  • IV THE STAGES OF THE METHOD (ii): DEDUCTION AND INDUCTION
  • V THE MODERATE FALLIBILISM OF SCIENCE
  • VI SOME EVALUATIONS
  • APPENDIX
  • BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • NOTES
  • INDEX