Exceeding our grasp : science, history, and the problem of unconceived alternatives /
Stanford, P. Kyle.
New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press,
2006.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 215-221) and index.
Realism, pessimism, and underdetermination -- Chasing Duhem: the problem of unconceived alternatives -- Darwin and pangenesis: the search for the material basis of generation and heredity -- Galton and the stirp theory -- August Weismann's theory of the germ-plasm -- History revisited: Pyrrhic victories for scientific realism -- Selective confirmation and the historical record: "another such victory over the Romans"? -- Science without realism?
Inference.
Reasoning.
Science
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