Universal aspects of scientific practice : commitment, methodology, and technique / Giora Hon, Bernard R. Goldstein.
Hon, Giora, author.; Goldstein, Bernard R., author.
2023
Q175 .H664 2023
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Title Universal aspects of scientific practice : commitment, methodology, and technique / Giora Hon, Bernard R. Goldstein.
Author Hon, Giora, author.
ISBN 9783031416996 (electronic bk.)
3031416996 (electronic bk.)
9783031416989
3031416988
DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-41699-6
Published Cham : Springer, 2023.
Language English
Description 1 online resource (x, 103 pages) : illustrations.
Other Standard Identifiers 10.1007/978-3-031-41699-6 doi
Call Number Q175 .H664 2023
Dewey Decimal Classification 501
Summary This book provides a unique contribution to philosophy of science from the perspective of the practice of science. It focuses on processes that generate scientific knowledge and seeks general and universal features that characterize scientific practice; features that are inherent to the practice of science. Science is an activity, and the scientist is an agent who pursues some practice, which in one way or another engages evidence. In science, claims to knowledge are typically supported by argument that engages evidence at some point in explanation, in prediction, or indeed in any mode of presenting data and its interpretation. Thus, the practice of science includes at least three elements so that an argument can be formulated: presuppositions, modes of inference, and consequences that relate to evidence. The authors discuss in detail eight cases in chronological order with which they illustrate how commitment, methodology, and technique come into play in the practice of an individual physicist or a group of researchers in the physical sciences. Each case highlights aspects of the roles these categories play in scientific practice, where the goal is to generate and extend scientific knowledge.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Source of Description Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed November 6, 2023).
Added Author Goldstein, Bernard R., author.
Series SpringerBriefs in philosophy, 2211-4556
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