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Scientific evidence : philosophical theories and applications / edited by Peter Achinstein.
| Other author | Achinstein, Peter. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, ©2005. |
| Description | xii, 286 pages ; 24 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Table of contents |
| Subjects |
| Contents | A little survey of induction / John D. Norton -- Four mistaken theses about evidence and how to correct them / Peter Achinstein -- Restoring ambiguity to Achinstein's account of evidence / Steven Gimbel -- The fast track to confirmation: Achinstein and Peirce on evidence / Frederick M. Kronz and Amy L. Mclaughlin -- Positive relevance defended / Sherrilyn Roush -- A challenge to positive relevance theorists: reply to Roush / Peter Achinstein -- Evidence as passing severe tests: highly probable versus highly probed these / Deborah G. Mayo -- Consilience, confirmation and realism / Laura J. Snyder -- Evidence for transmutation in seventeenth-century alchemy / Lawrence M. Principe -- Agency and objectivity in the search for the top quark / Kent W. Staley -- Will genomics do more for metaphysics than Locke? / Alex Rosenberg -- Is domestic breeding evidence for (or against) Darwinian evolution / Richard A. Richards -- Evidence in the sciences of behavior / Helen E. Longino -- Introspective evidence in psychology / Gary Hatfield. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references. |
| LCCN | 2004023004 |
| ISBN | 0801881188 (acid-free paper) |