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Theory and Experiment: Recent Insights and New Perspectives on Their Relation

Theory and Experiment: Recent Insights and New Perspectives on Their Relation

Batens, Diderik
Van Bendegem, Jean-Paul

Paperback

Series: Synthese Library, Book 195

PhilosophyGeneral ScienceHistory & Philosophy of Science

ISBN10: 9401077940
ISBN13: 9789401077941
Publisher: Springer
Published: Oct 14 2011
Pages: 296
Weight: 0.90
Height: 0.64 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
This is not another collection of contributions on a traditional subject. Even more than we dared to expect during the preparatory stages, the papers in this volume prove that our thinking about science has taken a new turn and has reached a new stage. The progressive destruction of the received view has been a fascinating and healthy experience. At present, the period of destruction is over. A richer and more equilibrated analysis of a number of problems is possible and is being cru'ried out. In this sense, this book comes right on time. We owe a lot to the scholars of the Kuhnian period. They not only did away with obstacles, but in several respects instigated a shift in attention that changed history and philosophy of science in a irreversible way. A c1earcut example - we borrow it from the paper by Risto Hilpinen - concerns the study of science as a process, Rnd not only as a result. Moreover, they apparently reached several lasting results, e.g., concerning the tremendous impact of theoretical conceptions on empirical data. Apart from baffling people for several decades, this insight rules out an- other return to simple-minded empiricism in the future.

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