Understanding scientific progress
Subtitle: aim-oriented empiricism
By: Nicholas Maxwell
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: Paragon House Publishers
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 216
ISBN-13: 9781557789242
Subjects: Science; Philosophy; Theory reduction; Inquiry (Theory of knowledge)
Description: "Written for students of philosophy of science, the author describes why modern philosophy has been unable to explain scientific progress satisfactorily and develops the concept of aim-oriented empiricism to explain philosophical problems like induction and verisimilitude, which strict logicians cannot solve"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.