Confirmation, empirical progress, and truth approximation /

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This book is the first of two volumes devoted to the work of Theo Kuipers, a leading Dutch philosopher of science. Philosophers and scientists from all over the world, thirty seven in all, comment on Kuipers' philosophy, and each of their commentaries is followed by a reply from Kuipers. The pr...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Festa, Roberto, Aliseda, Atocha, Peijnenburg, Adriana Johanna Maria, 1952-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Amsterdam ; New York, NY : Rodopi, ©2005.
Series:Essays in debate with Theo Kuipers ; 1.
Poznań studies in the philosophy of the sciences and the humanities ; 83.
Subjects:
Kuipers, Theo A. F., > 1947- > Bibliography.
Kuipers, Theo A. F., > 1947-
Science > Philosophy.
SCIENCE > Philosophy & Social Aspects.
Science > Philosophy
Bibliographies
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction; The Threefold Evaluation of Theories: A Synopsis of From Instrumentalism to Constructive Realism. On Some Relations between Confirmation, Empirical Progress, and Truth Approximation (2000); CONFIRMATION AND THE HD METHOD; EMPIRICAL PROGRESS BY ABDUCTION AND INDUCTION; TRUTH APPROXIMATION BY ABDUCTION; TRUTH APPROXIMATION BY EMPIRICAL AND NONEMPIRICAL MEANS; TRUTHLIKENESS AND UPDATING; REFINED TRUTH APPROXIMATION; REALISM AND METAPHORS; Bibliography of Theo A.F. Kuipers; Index of Names.

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