Theoretical Virtues in Science

Theoretical Virtues in Science

Uncovering Reality through Theory

Schindler, Samuel

Cambridge University Press

05/2018

260

Dura

Inglês

9781108422260

15 a 20 dias

500

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Introduction; 1. Theoretical virtues, truth, and the argument from simplicity; 2. Pessimism, base rates, and the no-virtue-coincidence argument; 3. Novel success and predictivism; 4. Theoretical fertility without novel success; 5. Ad hoc hypotheses and the argument from coherence; 6. Virtues as confidence boosters and the argument from choice; 7. Philosophy of science by historical means; Conclusion.
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