Craig Dilworth

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Scientific Progress: A Study Concerning the Nature of the Relation Between Successive Scientific Theories (Softcover Reprint of the Original 1st 1981)Paperback - Softcover Reprint of the Original 1st 1981, 21 April 2014

Scientific Progress: A Study Concerning the Nature of the Relation Between Successive Scientific Theories (Softcover Reprint of the Original 1st 1981)
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Synthese Library
Part of Series
Synthese Library (Paperback)
Print Length
164 pages
Language
English
Publisher
Springer
Date Published
21 Apr 2014
ISBN-10
9401576572
ISBN-13
9789401576574

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For the philosopher interested in the idea of objective knowledge of the real world, the nature of science is of special importance, for science, and more particularly physics, is today considered to be paradigmatic in its affording of such knowledge. And no understand- ing of science is complete until it includes an appreciation of the nature of the relation between successive scientific theories-that is, until it includes a conception of scientific progress. Now it might be suggested by some that there are a variety of ways in which science progresses, or that there are a number of different notions of scientific progress, not all of which concern the relation between successive scientific theories. For example, it may be thought that science progresses through the application of scientific method to areas where it has not previously been applied, or, through the development of individual theories. However, it is here suggested that the application of the methods of science to new areas does not concern forward progress so much as lateral expansion, and that the provision of a conception of how individual theories develop would lack the generality expected of an account concerning the progress of science itself.

Product Details

Author:
Craig Dilworth
Book Edition:
Softcover Reprint of the Original 1st 1981
Book Format:
Paperback
Country of Origin:
NL
Date Published:
21 April 2014
Dimensions:
22.86 x 15.24 x 0.91 cm
ISBN-10:
9401576572
ISBN-13:
9789401576574
Language:
English
Location:
Dordrecht
Pages:
164
Publisher:
Weight:
235.87 gm

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