What is this Thing Called Science?: An Assessment of the Nature and Status of Science and Its Methods |
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Science as Knowledge Derived from | 1 |
Prediction and explanation in the inductivist | 7 |
The Problem of Induction | 13 |
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A.J. Ayer account of science account of theory argument Aristotelian assumption attempt Cambridge University Press chapter claim concept conjecture consequences constitute Copernican theory Copernicus criticism deduction degree of fertility derived discovery discussed earth example experimental fact false falsifiable falsificationism falsificationist Feyerabend Galileo hard core history of science hypothesis Ibid Imre Lakatos individual inductive reasoning inductivism inductivist account involved justified kind Kuhn Kuhn's Lakatos Lakatos's methodology large number laws and theories light logical logical positivism London Maxwell's mechanics Method motion Musgrave naive inductivist Newton's theory Newtonian novel predictions number of observations Objectivism objectivist objectivist account observation statements optics orbit Oxford paradigm Paul Feyerabend Philosophy of Science physics planet planetary Popperian precise principle of induction problem of induction progress rationality realist refer relativism research programme rival scientific knowledge Scientific Revolutions scientific theories scientists sense situation T.S. Kuhn telescope theoretical theory change thing called Science tion true universal statements