Method and Appraisal in the Physical Sciences: The Critical Background to Modern Science, 1800–1905 - Rilegato

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ISBN 10: 0521211107 ISBN 13: 9780521211109

Casa editrice: Cambridge University Press, 1976

Riassunto

This is a volume of studies on the problems of theory-appraisal in the physical sciences.

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Descrizione del libro

First published in 1976, this is a volume of studies on the problems of theory-appraisal in the physical sciences - how and why important theories are developed, changed and are replaced, and by what criteria we judge one theory an advance on another.

Contenuti

Preface C. Howson; 2. History of science and its rational reconstructions Imre Lakatos; 3. Atomism versus thermodynamics Peter Clark; 3. Thomas Young and the 'refutation' of Newtonian optics: a case study in the interaction of philosophy of science and history of science John Worrall; 4. Why did oxygen supplant phlogiston? Research programmes in the Chemical Revolution Alan Musgrave; 5. Why did Einstein's programme supersede Lorentz's? Elie Zahar; 6. The rejection of Avogadro's hypotheses Martin Frické; 7. On the critique of reason Paul Feyerabend; Index.

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: Cambridge University Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 1976
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0521211107
• ISBN 13: 9780521211109
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 351
• Redattore: Howson Colin
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
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