Breaking the ties: epistemic significance, bacilli, and underdetermination

Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part C :Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 627-641

  Tulodziecki, Dana ^a  

^a Department of Philosophy ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Empirical equivalence; Observability; Scientific realism; Scientific reasoning; Underdetermination

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; HISTORY; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MYCOBACTERIUM; THEORETICAL MODEL; TUBERCULOSIS;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HUMANS; KNOWLEDGE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MYCOBACTERIUM; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 34548729048     PISSN: 13698486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.shpsc.2007.06.002     Document Type: Article

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