Scrutinizing Science Empirical Studies of Scientific Change
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Dordrecht
Springer Netherlands
1988, 1988
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 1988 |
| Series: | Synthese Library, Studies in Epistemology, Logic, Methodology, and Philosophy of Science
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| Collection: | Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- I
- Testing Theories of Scientific Change
- II: Case Studies
- 1. 17Th-Century Mechanics
- Galileo’s Copernicanism and the Acceptability of Guiding Assumptions
- Newton’s Rejection of the Mechanical AEther: Empirical Difficulties and Guiding Assumptions
- The Vortex Theory of Motion, 1687–1713: Empirical Difficulties and Guiding Assumptions
- 2. Chemistry from the 18th to the 20th Centuries
- The Chemical Revolution: Shifts in Guiding Assumptions
- Molecular Geometry in 19th-century France: Shifts in Guiding Assumptions
- Kekulé’s Benzene Theory and the Appraisal of Scientific Theories
- Fermentation Theory: Empirical Difficulties and Guiding Assumptions
- The Polywater Episode and the Appraisal of Theories
- 3. 19Th-Century Physics
- Ampère’s Electrodynamics and the Acceptability of Guiding Assumptions
- Brownian Motion and the Appraisal of Theories
- The Michelson — Morley Experiment and the Appraisal of Theories
- 4. Recent Geological Theory
- Plate Tectonics and Inter-Theory Relations
- The Theory of an Expanding Earth and the Acceptability of Guiding Assumptions
- 5. 20th-Century Physics
- Planck’s Quantum Crisis and Shifts in Guiding Assumptions
- Nuclear Magnetic Resonance and the Acceptability of Guiding Assumptions
- Electroweak Unification and the Appraisal of Theories
- Index of Thesis Citations and