Theories and observation in science
edited by Richard E. Grandy
Publisher: Atascadero, Calif. : Ridgeview, c1973.
ISBN: 0917930193
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
The economical nature of physics / Ernst Mach -- Definition of a
theory / Norman Campbell -- Testability and meaning / Rudolphe Carnap
-- The nature of theoretical concepts and the role of models in an
advanced science / R.B. Braithwaite -- The empiricist criteria of
cognitive significance: problems and changes / C.G. Hempel --
Prospects of a modest empiricism, I / Israel Schaffer -- The reality
of theoretical entities / J.J.C. Smart -- Theories, frameworks, and
ontology / Grover Maxwell --What theories are not / Hilary Putnam --
Review of Putnam / Richard C. Jeffrey -- Observation / Norwood R.
Hanson -- On the interpretation of scientific theories / Paul K.
Feyerabend -- Posits and reality / W.V.O. Quine -- On
meaning-dependence / Peter Achinstein -- On the "meaning" of
scientific terms / Paul Feyerabend.
Book Details:
Language: eng
Physical Description: viii, 183, [1] p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
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