four central themes Gillies, Donald. 1944- creator text bibliography enk Oxford, UK Blackwell c1993 1993 monographic eng

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xv, 251 p. : 24 cm. Pt. I. Inductivism and its Critics. 1. Some Historical Background: Inductivism, Russell and the Cambridge School, the Vienna Circle and Popper. 2. Popper's Critique of Inductivism. His Theory of Conjectures and Refutations (or Falsificationism). 3. Duhem's Critique of Inductivism -- Pt. II. Conventionalism and the Duhem-Quine Thesis. 4. Poincare's Conventionalism of 1902. 5. The Duhem Thesis and the Quine Thesis -- Pt. III. The Nature of Observation. 6. Protocol Sentences. 7. Is Observation Theory-Laden? -- Pt. IV. The Demarcation between Science and Metaphysics. 8. Is Metaphysics Meaningless? Wittgenstein, the Vienna Circle, and Popper's Critique. 9. Metaphysics in Relation to Science: The Views of Popper, Duhem, and Quine. 10. Falsificationism in the Light of the Duhem-Quine Thesis. Donald Gillies. Includes bibliographical references (p. [238]-244) and index. Science Philosophy History 20th century Q174.8 .G55 1993 501 GIP 0631158642 0631183582 92036318 ANL 920923 20161208102047.0 1152587 eng