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

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Author / Creator:	Ackermann, Robert John.
Imprint:	Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2014.
Description:	1 online resource (230 pages)
Language:	English
Series:	Princeton Legacy Library Princeton legacy library.
Subject:	Science -- Philosophy. Science -- Social aspects. Logic. Logic. Science -- Philosophy. Science -- Social aspects. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11275684

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ISBN:	9781400854936 1400854938
Notes:	Print version record.
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.
Other form:	Print version: Ackermann, Robert John. Data, Instruments, and Theory : A Dialectical Approach to Understanding Science. Princeton : Princeton University Press, ©2014

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