Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- 1 Some surprising phenomena
- 2 Some unsatisfactory explanations of the phenomena
- 3 A defeasible a priori justification of induction
- 4 The independence of theory from data
- 5 Some more success-conducive properties of theories
- 6 Newton's laws of motion and law of gravitation
- 7 Special relativity
- 8 Mendelian genetics
- 9 Conclusion
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
Frontmatter
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- 1 Some surprising phenomena
- 2 Some unsatisfactory explanations of the phenomena
- 3 A defeasible a priori justification of induction
- 4 The independence of theory from data
- 5 Some more success-conducive properties of theories
- 6 Newton's laws of motion and law of gravitation
- 7 Special relativity
- 8 Mendelian genetics
- 9 Conclusion
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
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- Explaining Science's SuccessUnderstanding How Scientific Knowledge Works, pp. i - ivPublisher: Acumen PublishingPrint publication year: 2012