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Speculation : within and about science / Peter Achinstein.
LIBRA Q175 .A26829 2019
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Achinstein, Peter, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Science--Methodology.
- Science.
- Science--Philosophy.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 276 pages ; 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2019]
- Summary:
- Scientific speculation: scientific assumptions without evidence.
- Contents:
- Scientific speculation: a pragmatic approach
- The complex story of simplicity: ontological and epistemic speculations
- Non-epistemic simplicity: Maxwell, Newton, and speculation
- Holism vs. particularism: an ethical debate ("find the ether")
- The ultimate speculation: a "theory of everything" (what is it, and why should we want one?)
- Summing up.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780190615055
- 0190615052
- OCLC:
- 1041193590
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