What is this Thing Called Science?Open University Press, 1999 - 266 pages Contains chapters on topics including the Bayesian approach to science, and nature of scientific laws. This book features developments in the realism/anti-realism debate. It is intended to be a university text in the philosophy of science, not just on science and philosophy courses but also in the social sciences such as sociology and psychology. |
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Seeing is believing | 4 |
Observable facts expressed as statements | 10 |
Further reading | 18 |
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