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Scrutinizing Science: Empirical Studies of Scientific Change


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In "Scrutinizing Science" nineteen historians of science, philosophers of science, and scientists test a selection of major theories - including those of Kuhn, Lakatos, Feyerabend, and Larry Lauden - against important episodes in the development of the physical sciences. this paperback edition includes a new introduction by the editors.

Table of Contents:
Theories of scientific change - a call for testing; a programme for testing; findings; 17th-century mechanics; Galileo's Copernicanism and the acceptability of guiding assumptions; Newton's rejection of the mechanical aether; the vortex theory of motion, 1687-1713; chemistry from the 18th to the 20th centuries; the chemical revolution; molecular geometry in 19th-century France; Kekule's Benzene theory and the appraisal of scientific theories; fermentation theory; the polywater episode and the appraisal of theories; 19th century physics; Ampere's electrodynamics and the acceptability of guiding assumptions; Brownian motion and the appraisal of theories; the Michelson-Morley experiment and the appraisal of theories; recent geological theory; plate tectonics and inter- theory relations; the theory of an expanding earth and the acceptability of guiding assumptions; 20th century physics; Planck's quantum crisis and shifts in guiding assumptions; nuclear magnetic resonance and the acceptability of guiding assumptions; electroweak unification and the appraisal of theories.

Review :
"A tightly focused collection of essays which will be a valuable resource for teaching methodology in Philosophy of Science."--'British Journal of Historical Science'


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780801845178
  • Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
  • Publisher Imprint: Johns Hopkins University Press
  • Edition: New edition
  • Language: English
  • Sub Title: Empirical Studies of Scientific Change
  • Width: 152 mm
  • ISBN-10: 0801845173
  • Publisher Date: 01 Nov 1992
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Height: 229 mm
  • Returnable: N
  • Weight: 600 gr


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