Explaining science's success : understanding how scientific knowledge works /

Explaining science's success : understanding how scientific knowledge works /

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Author / Creator:	Wright, John (John N.), author.
Imprint:	London : Routledge, 2014.
Description:	1 online resource (1 volume)
Language:	English
Series:	Acumen research editions Acumen research editions.
Subject:	Science -- Philosophy. Science -- Methodology. Science -- Methodology. Science -- Philosophy.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12389446

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ISBN:	9781317544883 1317544889 9781315729091 1315729091 9781317544890 1317544897 9781317544876 1317544870
Notes:	Previously issued in print: Durham: Acumen, 2013. Includes bibliographical references and index. CIP data; resource not viewed.
Other form:	Print version 9781844655328
Standard no.:	10.4324/9781315729091

Table of Contents:

1. Some surprising phenomena
2. Some unsatisfactory explanations of the phenomena
3. A defeasible a priori justification of induction
4. The independence of theory from data
5. Some more success-conducive properties of theories
6. Newton's laws of motion and law of gravitation
7. Special relativity
8. Mendelian genetics
9. Conclusion.