TY  - BOOK
AU  - Gillies, Donald.
TI  - Philosophy of science in the twentieth century: four central themes 
SN  - 0631158642
AV  - Q174.8 .G55 1993
U1  - 501 20
PY  - 1993///
CY  - Oxford, UK
PB  - Blackwell
KW  - Science
KW  - Philosophy
KW  - History
KW  - 20th century
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. [238]-244) and index; 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
ER  -