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Charles Peirce's Theory of Scientific Method

This book 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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Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Francis E. Reilly
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Fordham University Press 1970.
Collection:Orestes Brownson series on contemporary thought and affairs ; no. 7.
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Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • 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