Perception and Discovery An Introduction to Scientific Inquiry /
Norwood Russell Hanson was one of the most important philosophers of science of the post-war period. Hanson brought Wittgensteinian ordinary language philosophy to bear on the concepts of science, and his treatments of observation, discovery, and the theory-ladenness of scientific facts remain centr...
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| Language: | English |
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2018.
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| Edition: | 2nd ed. 2018. |
| Series: | Synthese Library, Studies in Epistemology, Logic, Methodology, and Philosophy of Science ;
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| ISBN: | 9783319697451 |
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction.- Part 1. Provocations and Restraints: 1. On Philosophizing-and Some Logical Distinctions
- 2. Defining Conceptual Boundaries
- 3. Measuring and Counting: More Boundaries
- Part 2. The Act of Scientific Seeing: 4. There Is More to Seeing than Meets the Eye
- 5. Seeing the Same Thing
- 6. Seeing and Seeing As
- 7. Seeing As and Seeing That
- 8. Seeing, Saying, and Knowing
- 9. Spectacles behind the Eyes
- 10. Can We See Facts?
- 11. Facts and Seeing That
- Part 3. Perplexity: the Process of Experimental Research: 12. Waves, Particles, and Facts
- 13. Hypotheses Facta Fingunt
- 14. Scientific Simplicity and Crucial Experiments
- 15. The Systematic Side of Science
- 16. Discovering Causes and Becauses
- 17. What Happens as a Rule
- 18. Theory-Laden Language
- 19. The Scientists' Toolbox
- 20. Laws, Truths, and Hypotheses
- 21. Principles as Platitudes
- Part 4. Probability and Probable Reasoning in Science
- 22. Frequencies and the Mathematics of Probability
- 23. Using and Interpreting the Probability Calculus
- 24. Elements of Statistical Technique
- 25. The Principle of Uniformity Revisited
- Editor's Epilogue
- Index.