Title Data, Instruments, and Theory : a Dialectical Approach to Understanding Science.

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Description	1 online resource (230 pages).
Physical Medium	polychrome
Description	text file
Series	Princeton Legacy Library
	Princeton legacy library.
Contents	Cover; 1; 2; 3; 4; Appendix.
Summary	Robert John Ackermann deals decisively with the problem of relativism that has plagued post-empiricist philosophy of science. Recognizing that theory and data are mediated by data domains (bordered data sets produced by scientific instruments), he argues that the use of instruments breaks the dependency of observation on theory and thus creates a reasoned basis for scientific objectivity. Originally published in 1985. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlis.
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Subject	Science -- Philosophy.
	Science -- Philosophy.
	Science -- Social aspects.
	Science -- Social aspects.
	Logic.
	Logic.
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
Other Form:	Print version: Ackermann, Robert John. Data, Instruments, and Theory : A Dialectical Approach to Understanding Science. Princeton : Princeton University Press, ©2014
ISBN	9781400854936 (electronic book)
	1400854938 (electronic book)