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1 online resource (541 pages) : illustrations. |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Essays in debate with Theo Kuipers ; 1
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Poznań studies in the philosophy of the sciences and the humanities,
0303-8157 ;
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Essays in debate with Theo Kuipers ; 1.
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Poznań studies in the philosophy of the sciences and the humanities ; 83.
0303-8157
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Bibliography of Theo A.F. Kuipers: pages 527-535. |
| Contents |
Introduction; The Threefold Evaluation of Theories: A Synopsis of From Instrumentalism to Constructive Realism. On Some Relations between Confirmation, Empirical Progress, and Truth Approximation (2000); CONFIRMATION AND THE HD METHOD; EMPIRICAL PROGRESS BY ABDUCTION AND INDUCTION; TRUTH APPROXIMATION BY ABDUCTION; TRUTH APPROXIMATION BY EMPIRICAL AND NONEMPIRICAL MEANS; TRUTHLIKENESS AND UPDATING; REFINED TRUTH APPROXIMATION; REALISM AND METAPHORS; Bibliography of Theo A.F. Kuipers; Index of Names. |
| Summary |
This book is the first of two volumes devoted to the work of Theo Kuipers, a leading Dutch philosopher of science. Philosophers and scientists from all over the world, thirty seven in all, comment on Kuipers' philosophy, and each of their commentaries is followed by a reply from Kuipers. The present volume focuses on Kuipers' views on confirmation, empirical progress, and truth approximation, as laid down in his From Instrumentalism to Constructive Realism (Kluwer, 2000). In this book, Kuipers offered a synthesis of Carnap's and Hempel's confirmation theory on the one hand, and Popper's theory. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Kuipers, Theo A. F., 1947- -- Bibliography.
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Kuipers, Theo A. F., 1947- |
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Bibliographies.
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Science -- Philosophy.
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Science -- Philosophy. |
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Electronic books.
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Bibliographies.
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Festa, Roberto.
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Aliseda, Atocha.
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Peijnenburg, Adriana Johanna Maria, 1952-
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Confirmation, empirical progress, and truth approximation. Amsterdam ; New York, NY : Rodopi, ©2005 9042016388 (OCoLC)63108717 |
| ISBN |
1423790987 (electronic book) |
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9781423790983 (electronic book) |
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9789401201285 |
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9401201285 |
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