Underdetermination An Essay on Evidence and the Limits of Natural Knowledge /

Underdetermination. An Essay on Evidence and the Limits of Natural Knowledge is a wide-ranging study of the thesis that scientific theories are systematically "underdetermined" by the data they account for. This much-debated thesis is a thorn in the side of scientific realists and methodol...

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Κύριος συγγραφέας: Bonk, Thomas (Συγγραφέας)
Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
Γλώσσα:English
Έκδοση: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2008.
Σειρά:Boston Studies in the Philosophy of Science ; 261
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505 0 |a A Humean Predicament? -- Underdetermination Issues in the Exact Sciences -- Rationality, Method, and Evidence -- Competing Truths -- Problems of Representation -- Underdetermination and Indeterminacy. 
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