Theory-ladenness of evidence: A case study from history of chemistry

Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part A

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 351-368

  Basu, Prajit K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HYDERABAD   (India)

Author keywords

Construction of evidence; Eighteenth century chemical philosophy; Observation data; Theory resolution; Theory ladenness of evidence

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037902481     PISSN: 00393681     EISSN: 18792510     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0039-3681(03)00022-0     Document Type: Article

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