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020 _a9781400857364
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035 _a(DE-B1597)9781400857364
035 _a(DE-B1597)448390
035 _a(OCoLC)889252224
040 _aDE-B1597
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072 7 _aSCI075000
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082 0 4 _a501
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084 _aonline - DeGruyter
100 1 _aWatkins, John W.N.
_eautore
245 1 0 _aScience and Scepticism /
_cJohn W.N. Watkins.
250 _aCourse Book
264 1 _aPrinceton, NJ :
_bPrinceton University Press,
_c[2014]
264 4 _c©1984
300 _a1 online resource (408 p.)
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
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347 _atext file
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490 0 _aPrinceton Legacy Library ;
_v516
505 0 0 _tFrontmatter --
_tCONTENTS --
_tPREFACE --
_tACKNOWLEDGMENTS --
_tREFERENCES AND ABBREVIATIONS --
_tPart One --
_tChapter 1. Scepticism and Irrationalism --
_tChapter 2. Probabilism --
_tChapter 3. The Inductive Ascent --
_tPart Two --
_tChapter 4. The Optimum Aim for Science --
_tChapter 5. The Optimum Aim Elucidated --
_tChapter 6. Deductivism and Statistical Explanation --
_tChapter 7. The Empirical Basis --
_tChapter 8. Corroboration --
_tChapter 9. Epilogue --
_tBIBLIOGRAPHY --
_tIndex of Symbols --
_tGENERAL INDEX
506 0 _arestricted access
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520 _aThis book contains important technical innovations, including comparative measures for the testable content, depth, and unity of scientific theories.Originally published in 1984.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.
538 _aMode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
546 _aIn English.
588 0 _aDescription based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 27. Jan 2023)
650 7 _aSCIENCE / Philosophy & Social Aspects.
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653 _aA priori and a posteriori.
653 _aA priori probability.
653 _aAd hoc.
653 _aAd hominem.
653 _aAgnosticism.
653 _aAlmost surely.
653 _aAnalytic–synthetic distinction.
653 _aAnti-realism.
653 _aAntireductionism.
653 _aAsymmetry.
653 _aAtomism.
653 _aAxiom.
653 _aBayesian probability.
653 _aBayesian statistics.
653 _aBayesian.
653 _aBegging the question.
653 _aCertainty.
653 _aCircular reasoning.
653 _aClassical logic.
653 _aClassical physics.
653 _aContradiction.
653 _aDavid Hume.
653 _aDeductive reasoning.
653 _aDeductive-nomological model.
653 _aDeterminism.
653 _aDialectician.
653 _aEdmund Husserl.
653 _aExplanation.
653 _aExplanatory power.
653 _aExtrapolation.
653 _aFair coin.
653 _aFallibilism.
653 _aFalsifiability.
653 _aFalsity.
653 _aFideism.
653 _aFirst principle.
653 _aForm of life (philosophy).
653 _aFree parameter.
653 _aGood and evil.
653 _aHilary Putnam.
653 _aHolism.
653 _aHypothesis.
653 _aIdealism.
653 _aImpenetrability.
653 _aInductive reasoning.
653 _aInductivism.
653 _aInference.
653 _aInfinite regress.
653 _aInstance (computer science).
653 _aIs–ought problem.
653 _aJ. L. Austin.
653 _aLogical reasoning.
653 _aLottery paradox.
653 _aMagical thinking.
653 _aMaterialism.
653 _aMichael Polanyi.
653 _aModern physics.
653 _aModus tollens.
653 _aMutual exclusivity.
653 _aNeutral monism.
653 _aOccam's razor.
653 _aOntology.
653 _aOrdinary language philosophy.
653 _aOught implies can.
653 _aParadox.
653 _aPersuasive definition.
653 _aPhenomenalism.
653 _aPhilosopher.
653 _aPhrenology.
653 _aPossible world.
653 _aPosterior probability.
653 _aPre-established harmony.
653 _aPrediction.
653 _aPredictive power.
653 _aPremise.
653 _aProbabilism.
653 _aProbability.
653 _aProblem of induction.
653 _aPseudoscience.
653 _aPyrrhonism.
653 _aRationality.
653 _aReality.
653 _aReason.
653 _aReceived view.
653 _aReductionism.
653 _aRelativism.
653 _aRequirement.
653 _aRichard Jeffrey.
653 _aScientific realism.
653 _aScientific theory.
653 _aSensationalism.
653 _aSkepticism.
653 _aSuggestion.
653 _aTautology (rhetoric).
653 _aTestability.
653 _aTheory.
653 _aTranscendental arguments.
653 _aTruism.
653 _aVerisimilitude.
653 _aWrong direction.
850 _aIT-RoAPU
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