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Poznan Studies 83. Hardcover. 541 p. -(As new.). ISBN 9789042016385.

Original publisher's paper-covered boards, title spine and frontcover, large 8vo: 542pp., [ij], 18 contributions, graphs, footnotes & references, bibliography works Theo A.F. Kuipers, index names. Very fine copy - as new. Volume 83: Poznan Studies in the Philosophy of the Sciences and the Humanities.

Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. - Covers lightly and unevenly faded - Spine ends slightly bumped - Rear joint has small closed breach running 2cm down from the top - Top edge of text block lightly and unevenly toned - Book ow/ solid, clean and bright - 535 pages.

Book Hardcover. Zustand: As New. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Springer, 2000. 1st Edition . As New/No Jacket. Book still in original shrink-wrap. Will incur extra overseas postage.

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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. From Instrumentalism to Constructive Realism | On Some Relations between Confirmation, Empirical Progress, and Truth Approximation | Theo A. F. Kuipers | Taschenbuch | xi | Englisch | 2010 | Springer | EAN 9789048153695 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg, juergen[dot]hartmann[at]springer[dot]com | Anbieter: preigu.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - Surprisingly, modified versions of the confirmation theory (Carnap and Hempel) and truth approximation theory (Popper) turn out to be smoothly sythesizable. The glue between the two appears to be the instrumentalist methodology, rather than that of the falsificationalist. The instrumentalist methodology, used in the separate, comparative evaluation of theories in terms of their successes and problems (hence, even if already falsified), provides in theory and practice the straight road to short-term empirical progress in science ( à la Laudan). It is also argued that such progress is also functional for all kinds of truth approximation: observational, referential, and theoretical. This sheds new light on the long-term dynamics of science and hence on the relation between the main epistemological positions, viz., instrumentalism (Toulmin, Laudan), constructive empiricism (Van Fraassen), referential realism (Hacking, Cartwright), and theory realism of a non-essentialist nature (constructive realism à la Popper). Readership: Open minded philosophers and scientists. The book explains and justifies the scientist's intuition that the debate among philosophers about instrumentalism and realism has almost no practical consequences.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - Surprisingly, modified versions of the confirmation theory (Carnap and Hempel) and truth approximation theory (Popper) turn out to be smoothly sythesizable. The glue between the two appears to be the instrumentalist methodology, rather than that of the falsificationalist. The instrumentalist methodology, used in the separate, comparative evaluation of theories in terms of their successes and problems (hence, even if already falsified), provides in theory and practice the straight road to short-term empirical progress in science ( à la Laudan). It is also argued that such progress is also functional for all kinds of truth approximation: observational, referential, and theoretical. This sheds new light on the long-term dynamics of science and hence on the relation between the main epistemological positions, viz., instrumentalism (Toulmin, Laudan), constructive empiricism (Van Fraassen), referential realism (Hacking, Cartwright), and theory realism of a non-essentialist nature (constructive realism à la Popper). Readership: Open minded philosophers and scientists. The book explains and justifies the scientist's intuition that the debate among philosophers about instrumentalism and realism has almost no practical consequences.

Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. 384 pages. 9.25x6.10x0.88 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Zustand: Brand New. 541 pages. 8.82x6.14x1.57 inches. In Stock.

Amsterdam, Rodopi, 2005. 541 pp. Hardcover. Bibliography. (PSPSH, 83) *good condition* Contributors P. Mahler, D. Batens, D. Miller a.o.

Dordrecht, Kluwer, 2000. (XI) 366 pp. Cloth + dustjacket. (SL, 287) *dustjacket slightly damaged, otherwise in good condition*.