Evidence, Explanation, and Realism: Essays in Philosophy of Science

by Achinstein, Peter
ISBN: 9780199735259
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Overview

The essays in this volume address three fundamental questions in the philosophy of science: What is required for some fact to be evidence for a scientific hypothesis? What does it mean to say that a scientist or a theory explains a phenomenon? Should scientific theories that postulate "unobservable" entities such as electrons be construed realistically as aiming to correctly describe a world underlying what is directly observable, or should such theories be understood as aiming to correctly describe only the observable world?
  • Format: Hardcover
  • Author: Achinstein, Peter
  • ISBN: 9780199735259
  • Condition: Used
  • Dimensions: 9.30 x 1.40
  • Number Of Pages: 344
  • Publication Year: 2010