Scientific evidence : philosophical theories & applications

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Scientific evidence : philosophical theories & applications

edited by Peter Achinstein

Johns Hopkins University Press, 2005

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Includes bibliographical references

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内容説明

Physicists think they have discovered the top quark. Biologists believe in evolution. But what precisely constitutes evidence for such claims, and why? Scientists often disagree with one another over whether or to what extent some evidence counts in favor of a theory because they are operating with different concepts of scientific evidence. These concepts need to be critically explored. Peter Achinstein has gathered some prominent philosophers and historians of science for critical and lively discussions of both general questions about the meaning of evidence and specific ones about evidence for particular scientific theories. Contributors: Peter Achinstein, The Johns Hopkins University; Steven Gimbel, Gettysburg College; Gary Hatfield, University of Pennsylvania; Frederick M. Kronz, University of Texas-Austin; Helen Longino, University of Minnesota; Deborah G. Mayo, Virginia Tech; Amy L. McLaughlin, Florida Atlantic University; John Norton, University of Pittsburgh; Lawrence M. Principe, The Johns Hopkins University; Richard Richards, University of Alabama; Alex Rosenberg, Duke University; Sherrilyn Roush, Rice University; Laura J. Snyder, St. Johns University; Kent Staley, St. Louis University.

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Preface Contributors Part I: Philosophical Theories of Evidence Chapter 1. A Little Survey of Induction Chapter 2. Four Mistaken Theses about Evidence, and How to Correct Them Chapter 3. Restoring Ambiguity to Achinstein's Account of Evidence Chapter 4. The Fast Track to Confirmation: Achinstein and Peirce on Evidence Chapter 5. Positive Relevance: A Defense and a Challenge Chapter 6. Evidence as Passing Sever Tests: Highly Probably Versus Highly Probed Hypotheses Chapter 7. Consilience, Confirmation, and Realism Part II: Scientific Applications Chapter 8. Evidence for Transmutation in Seventeenth-Century Alchemy Chapter 9. Agency and Objectivity in the Search for the Top Quark Chapter 10. Will Genomics Do More for Metaphysics Than Locke? Chapter 11. Is Domestic Evidence For (Or Against) Darwinian Evolution? Chapter 12. Evidence in the Sciences of Behavior Chapter 13. Introspective Evidence in Psychology

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