Practical Applications of the Philosophy of Science Thinking about Research /

Explores the practical applicability of�the philosophy of science to scientific research, but also considers its relevance to practice within the realms of technology,� design, crafts, and even within the world of arts and the humanities.�� The attempt to engage working scientists with the issues ra...

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Main Author: Truran, Peter. (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: Electronic
Language:English
Published: Heidelberg : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
Series:SpringerBriefs in Philosophy,
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Online Access:https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-00452-5
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505 0 # |a Preface -- Acknowledgements -- 1 Introduction a personal perspective -- 2 It s about attitude and experiments -- 3 What s the problem? -- 4 Oh no! Something doesn t fit! -- 5 The solutions to problems -- 6 Observe what? -- 7 Seeing is not necessarily believing -- 8 Testing hypotheses -- 9 More on induction and , justification and Truth -- 10 Models useful but not true? -- 11 Just be && cause -- 12 A Question of Trust -- 13 Science, Non-science and Pseudoscience -- 14 Scientific thinking being rational? -- 15 Some concluding thoughts -- Index. 
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