Scientific Evidence

Philosphical Theories and Applications

Peter Achinstein

286 pages, parution le 28/06/2005

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Résumé

Physicists think they have discovered the top quark. Biologists believe in evolution. But what precisely constitutes evidence for such claims, and why? Scientists often disagree with one another over whether or to what extent some evidence counts in favor of a theory because they are operating with different concepts of scientific evidence. These concepts need to be critically explored. Peter Achinstein has gathered some prominent philosophers and historians of science for critical and lively discussions of both general questions about the meaning of evidence and specific ones about evidence for particular scientific theories.

L'auteur - Peter Achinstein

Peter Achinstein is a professor of philosophy at the Johns Hopkins University. His previous books include Science Rules and Concepts of Science, also available from Johns Hopkins.

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Preface
Contributors
Introduction
Philosophical Theories Of Evidence
- A Little Survey of Induction
- Four Mistaken These About Evidence, And How To Correct Them
- Restoring Ambiguity To Achinstein's Account Of Evidence
- The Fast Track To Confirmation: Achinstein And Peirce On Evidence
- Positive Relevance: A Defense And A Challenge
- Evidence As Passing Severe Tests: Highly Probable Versus Highly Probed Hypotheses
- Consilience, Confirmation, And Realism
Scientific Applications
- Evidence For Transmutation In Seventeenth-Century Alchemy
- Agency And Objectivity In The Search For The Top Quark
- Will Genomics Do More For Metaphysics Than Locke?
- Is Domestic Breeding Evidence For (Or Against) Darwinian Evolution?
- Evidence In The Sciences Of Behavior
- Introspective Evidence In Psychology

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	PAPIER
Éditeur(s)	Johns Hopkins
Auteur(s)	Peter Achinstein
Parution	28/06/2005
Nb. de pages	286
Format	16 x 24
Couverture	Relié
Poids	573g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9780801881183
ISBN13	978-0-8018-8118-3