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Speculation : within and about science / Peter Achinstein.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Achinstein, Peter, author.
- Series:
- Oxford scholarship online.
- Oxford scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Science--Methodology.
- Science.
- Science--Philosophy.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xiv, 276 pages)
- Other Title:
- Within and about science
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2019.
- Summary:
- Scientific speculation: scientific assumptions without evidence.
- Contents:
- 1. Scientific Speculation: A Pragmatic Approach
- 2. The Complex Story of Simplicity: Ontological and Epistemic Speculations
- 3. Non-Epistemic Simplicity: Maxwell, Newton, and Speculation
- 4. Holism vs. Particularism: An Evidential Debate ("Find the Ether")
- 5. The Ultimate Speculation: A "Theory of Everything" (What Is It, and Why Should We Want One?)
- 6. Summing Up.
- Notes:
- Previously issued in print: 2018.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-061507-9
- 0-19-061508-7
- 0-19-061506-0
- OCLC:
- 1061124637
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