The creation of ideas in physics : studies for a methodology of theory construction /
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| Imprint: | Dordrecht ; Boston : Kluwer Academic Publishers, c1995. |
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| Description: | vii, 251 p. ; 25 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | The University of Western Ontario series in philosophy of science ; v. 55 University of Western Ontario series in philosophy of science ; v. 55. |
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| Format: | E-Resource Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/2441121 |
Table of Contents:
- Preface / Jarrett Leplin
- Introduction / Jarrett Leplin
- On the Methods of Science / Dudley Shapere
- Eliminative Induction as a Method of Discovery: How Einstein Discovered General Relativity / John D. Norton
- "The Manifold of Possibilities": Comments on John Norton / John Stachel
- Einstein's Luckiest Thought / Roberto Torretti
- Einstein's Methodology of Discovery was Newtonian Deduction from the Phenomena / Jon Dorling
- Newton's New Way of Inquiry / William Harper and George E. Smith
- A Specimen of Theory Construction from Quantum Gravity / Rafael D. Sorkin
- The Hartle-Hawking Proposal for the Quantum State of the Universe / Don N. Page
- On the Introduction of New Ideas in Science / Dudley Shapere
- Prior Information and the Development of New Ideas: The Copenhagen Family of Theories / Alberto Cordero.
