Philosophy of Science

Philosophies of the Sciences: A Guide

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 9-37

  Dewitt, Richard ^a  

^a FAIRFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

"philosophy of science" common reactions, a puzzled look; Case of disconfirmation; Notion of underdetermination of theories; Philosophical issues directly affecting day to day workings of science; Philosophical issues in scientific foundations; Philosophical issues in scientific practice; Philosophy of science; Prediction made by a theory does not turn out to be accurate; Science and uncovering substantive philosophical issues; Science proceeding by observing some class of phenomena

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865534248     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781444315578.ch2     Document Type: Chapter

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