Data, Instruments, and Theory : A Dialectical Approach to Understanding Science / Robert John Ackermann.
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TextSeries: Princeton Legacy Library ; 31Publisher: Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2014]Copyright date: ©1985Edition: Course BookDescription: 1 online resource (230 p.)Content type: - 9780691611884
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- Logic
- Science -- Philosophy
- Science -- Social aspects
- SCIENCE / Philosophy & Social Aspects
- Ad hominem
- Alternative hypothesis
- Analogy
- Analytic–synthetic distinction
- Basic research
- Bayesian probability
- Behavioural sciences
- Branches of science
- Calculation
- Case study
- Circumlocution
- Concept
- Consciousness
- Critical theory
- Decision-making
- Deductive-nomological model
- Design of experiments
- Dialectic
- Emergence
- Empiricism
- Engineering
- Epistemology
- Experiment
- Experimental data
- Explanation
- Explanatory model
- Fact
- Finalization
- Form of life (philosophy)
- Grand theory
- Heuristic
- Historical method
- Historicism
- Holism
- Human science
- Hypothesis
- Hypothetico-deductive model
- Idealization
- Ideology
- Inductive reasoning
- Inference
- Instrumentalism
- Interaction
- Knowledge and Human Interests
- Laboratory Life
- Mathematics
- Mechanism design
- Methodology
- Modern physics
- Natural science
- Objectivity (science)
- Observation
- Ontology
- Paradigm shift
- Paradigm
- Phenomenon
- Philosopher
- Philosophical analysis
- Philosophical theory
- Philosophy of science
- Philosophy
- Phrenology
- Planck's principle
- Positivism
- Potentiality and actuality
- Prediction
- Probability theory
- Proofs and Refutations
- Pseudoscience
- Quantification (science)
- Reagent
- Reason
- Relativism
- Research program
- Result
- Science policy
- Science
- Scientific method
- Scientific progress
- Scientific realism
- Scientific theory
- Scientist
- Situational analysis
- Sociology
- Sophistication
- Subjectivism
- Testability
- The Conceptual Framework
- The Structure of Science
- Theoretical definition
- Theoretical physics
- Theory
- Thomas Kuhn
- Thought experiment
- Thought
- Transcendental arguments
- Type theory
- Utilitarianism
- Verificationism
- Verisimilitude
- 501
- Q175 .A269 2014
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- 1. Logic and Science -- 2. Social Structure in Science -- 3. Science and Nonscience -- 4. Scientific Facts and Scientific Theories -- Appendix. The Human Sciences -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
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Robert John Ackermann deals decisively with the problem of relativism that has plagued post-empiricist philosophy of science. Recognizing that theory and data are mediated by data domains (bordered data sets produced by scientific instruments), he argues that the use of instruments breaks the dependency of observation on theory and thus creates a reasoned basis for scientific objectivity.Originally published in 1985.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
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In English.
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