Evidence, explanation, and realism: essays in the philosophy of science/
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Oxford ; New York:
Oxford University Press,
2010
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Table of Contents:
- Part I: Evidence and induction. Concepts of evidence
- Why philosophical theories of evidence are (and ought to be) ignored by scientests
- The grue paradox
- The war on induction : Whewill takes on Newton and Mill (Norton takes on everyone)
- Waves and the scientific method
- Part II: Explanation. An illocutionary theory of explanation
- The pragmatic character of explanation
- Can there be a model of explanation?
- Explanation versus prediction : which carries more weight?
- Function statements
- Part III: Realism, molecules, and electrons. Is there a valid experimental argument for scientific realism?
- Jean Perrin and molecular reality
- The problem of theoretical terms
- What to do if you want to defend a theory you can't prove : a method of "physical speculation"
- Who really discovered the electron?.