ISBN:
9789401711852
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (XXIII, 363 p)
,
digital
Edition:
Springer eBook Collection. Humanities, Social Sciences and Law
Series Statement:
Boston Studies in the Philosophy of Science 148
Series Statement:
Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science 148
Parallel Title:
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Keywords:
Philosophy (General)
;
Genetic epistemology
;
Science Philosophy
;
Humanities
;
History
;
Knowledge, Theory of.
;
Philosophy.
;
Science—Philosophy.
;
Physics—Philosophy.
Abstract:
This volume is dedicated to Heinz Post who proposed a rational model of scientific discovery. His account draws attention to the formal flaws in theories that motivate theory modification, the correspondence relations that hold between old and new theories and the cross-theoretic retention of symmetry and conservation principles. Exploring Post's model from a variety of perspectives, the contributors draw on a wide range of case studies from physics, chemistry and biology. This is the first work to examine one such model of heuristics in the context of detailed examples from science itself. It will be of interest to teachers, researchers and graduate students in both the history and philosophy of science and can be used as a textbook in advanced courses on scientific method
DOI:
10.1007/978-94-017-1185-2
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