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920923s1993 enk b 001 0 eng |
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$a 92036318 |
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$a0631158642 |
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20
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$a0631183582 (pbk.) |
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$a92193$cTLC |
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$aQ174.8$b.G55 1993 |
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$a501$220 |
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$aGillies, Donald. |
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$aPhilosophy of science in the twentieth century :$bfour central themes /$cDonald Gillies. |
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$aOxford, UK ;$aCambridge, Mass., USA :$bBlackwell,$cc1993. |
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300
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$axv, 251 p. ;$c24 cm. |
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$aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [238]-244) and index. |
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$aPart I. INDUCTIVISM AND ITS CRITICS: 1. Some historical background: inductivism, Russell and the Cambridge School, the Vienna Circle and Popper -- 2. Popper's Critique of Inductivism. His theory of conjectures and refutations (or falsificationism) -- 3. Duhem's critique of inductivism -- Part II. CONVENTIONALISM AND THE DUHEM-QUINE THESIS: Poincaré's conventionalism -- 5. The Duhem thesis and the Quine thesis -- Part III. THE NATURE OF OBSERVATION: 6. Protocol sentences -- 7. Is observation theory-laden? -- Part IV. THE DEMARCATION BETWEEN SCIENCE AND METAPHYSICS: 8. Is metaphysics meaningless? Wittgenstein, the Vienna Circle, and Popper's critique -- 9. Metaphysics in relation to science: the views of Popper, Duhem, and Quine -- 10. Falsificationism in the light of the Duhem-Quine thesis. |
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$aScience$xPhilosophy$xHistory$y20th century. |
