Theories of scientific method : an introduction /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Nola, Robert
Other Authors: Sankey, Howard
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Montreal & Kingston : McGill Queen's University Press, 2007.
Series:Philosophy and Science
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Part I: The idea of methodolgy
  • 1. What is this thing called scientific method?
  • 2. Theoretical values in science
  • 3. Rules and principles of method
  • 4. Metamethodology Part II: Inductive and hypothetico-deductive methods
  • 5. Induction in science
  • 6. Some justifications of induction
  • 7. The hypothetico-deductive method
  • Part III: Probability and scientific method 8. Probability, bayesianism and methodology 9. Bayesianism: applications and problems
  • Part IV: Popper and his rivals
  • 10. Popper, Lakatos and scientific method
  • 11. Kuhn and Feyerabend
  • Part V: Naturalism, pragmatism, realism and methodology
  • 12. Naturalism, pragmatism and method
  • 13. Scientific realism and methodology Epilogue Notes Bibliography Index