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000305500 1001_ $$aLosee, John.
000305500 24510 $$aTheories on the scrap heap :$$bscientists and philosophers on the falsification, rejection, and replacement of theories /$$cJohn Losee.
000305500 260__ $$aPittsburgh, Pa. :$$bUniversity of Pittsburgh Press,$$cc2005.
000305500 300__ $$aviii, 206 p. :$$bill. ;$$c23 cm.
000305500 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
000305500 5050_ $$aTheories and falsification -- The logic of falsification -- The limits of falsification -- Are there crucial experiments? -- Falsification and the method of difference -- The rejection of theories -- Popper's methodological falsificationism -- Responses to prima facie falsifying evidence -- The replacement of theories -- Whewell on scientific progress -- Kuhn on theory replacement -- Lakatos on progressive research programs -- The asymptotic agreement of calculations -- The acceptability of theories -- Successful prediction and the acceptability of theories -- Variety within evidence -- Other factors in theory evaluation.
000305500 650_0 $$aScience$$xPhilosophy.
000305500 650_0 $$aScience$$xTheory reduction.
000305500 650_0 $$aResearch.
000305500 85200 $$bgen$$hQ175$$i.L666$$i2005
000305500 85641 $$3Table of contents$$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip054/2004027638.html
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