| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 376 pages) |
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Hypothesis in early modern science / Eman McMullin -- Experience and hypotheses : opinions within Locke's realm / Rainer Specht -- Hypotheses in 19th century British philosophy of science : Herschel, Whewell, Mill -- From axioms to conventions and hypotheses : the foundations of mechanics and the roots of Carl Neumann's "principles of the Galilean-Newtonian theory" -- Contingent laws of nature in Émile Boutroux / Michael Heidelberger -- Pluralism and the hypothetical in Heinrich Hertz's philosophy of science / Andreas Hüttemann -- Hypotheses and conventions in Poincaré / Gerhard Heinzmann -- Hypothesis and convention in Poincaré's defense of Galilei spacetime / Scott Walter -- Vaihinger and Poincaré : an original pragmatism? / Christophe Bouriau -- Werner Heisenberg's position on a hypothetical conception of science / Gregor Schiemann -- "Instrumentalism" and "realism" as categories in the history of astronomy : Duhem vs. Popper, Maimonides vs. Gersonides / Gad Freudenthal -- Hypotheticity and realism : Duhem, Popper and scientific realism / Andreas Bartels -- The hypothesis of reality and the reality of hypotheses / Alfred Nordmann -- Hypothetical metaphysics of nature / Michael Esfield |
| Summary |
Die Aufsatzsammlung beschäftigt sich mit der Art und Weise, wie im Lauf der Geschichte der Naturwissenschaften über den hypothetischen Charakter von Erfahrungstheorien nachgedacht wurde. Der Bogen der behandelten Auffassungen spannt sich dabe |
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How was the hypothetical character of theories of experience thought about throughout the history of science? The essays cover periods from the middle ages to the 19th and 20th centuries. It is fascinating to see how natural scientists and philosophers were increasingly forced to realize that a natural science without hypotheses is not possible |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Reasoning.
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Hypothesis.
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Science -- Methodology.
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SCIENCE -- Essays.
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SCIENCE -- Nanoscience.
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SCIENCE -- Reference.
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Hypothesis
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Reasoning
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Science -- Methodology
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Heidelberger, Michael
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Schiemann, Gregor
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| ISBN |
9783110210620 |
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3110210622 |
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