Evidence, explanation, and realism
Subtitle: essays in the philosophy of science
By: Peter Achinstein.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780199735259
Subjects: Science -- Philosophy
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Part I: Evidence and induction; title: Concepts of evidence; title: Why philosophical theories of evidence are (and ought to be) ignored by scientests; title: The grue paradox; title: The war on induction; title: Waves and the scientific method; title: Part II: Explanation; title: An illocutionary theory of explanation; title: The pragmatic character of explanation; title: Can there be a model of explanation?; title: Explanation vs. prediction : which carries more weight?; title: Function statements; title: Part III: Realism, molecules, and electrons; title: Is there a valid experimental argument for scientific realism?; title: Jean Perrin and molecular reality; title: The problem of theoretical terms; title: What to do if you want to defend a theory you can't prove : a method of physical speculation; title: Who really discovered the electron?