| Underdetermination: An Essay on Evidence and the Limits of Natural Knowledge Softcover Repri Edition Contributor(s): Bonk, Thomas (Author) |
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ISBN: 9402404813 ISBN-13: 9789402404814 Publisher: Springer OUR PRICE: $161.49 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Science | Philosophy & Social Aspects |
| Dewey: 501 |
| Series: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science |
| Physical Information: 0.65" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (0.97 lbs) 297 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This timely book offers a wide-ranging study of the thesis that scientific theories are systematically "underdetermined" by the data they account for. After analyzing the epistemological and ontological aspects of the topic in detail, and reviewing pertinent logical facts and selected scientific cases, the author carefully examines the merits of arguments for and against the thesis. Along the way, he investigates methodological proposals and recent theories of confirmation. |