01914cam a2200289 a 45000010008000000030008000080050017000160080041000330100013000740200015000870200026001020350012001280400027001400500022001670820017001891000028002062450093002342600037003273000025003645040066003895050800004556500048012559420012013039990019013159520145013349520145014791152587BD-DhUL20161208102047.0920923s1993    enk      b    00100 eng    a92036318  a0631158642  a0631183582qpaperback  a1152587  aANLbengdANLcBD-DhUL 0aQ174.8b.G55 199300a501220bGIP1 aGillies, Donald.d1944-10aPhilosophy of science in the twentieth century :bfour central themes /cDonald Gillies.  aOxford, UK ;bBlackwell,cc1993.  axv, 251 p. :c24 cm.  aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [238]-244) and index.2 aPt. 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. 0aSciencexPhilosophyxHistoryy20th century.  2ddccBK  c132769d132769  00102ddc406501_000000000000000_GIP708NFIC9249441aDULbDULcGENd2016-12-08ePurchasedo501 GIPp355779r2016-12-08t1w2016-12-08yBK  00102ddc406501_000000000000000_GIP708NFIC9249442aDULbDULcGENd2016-12-08ePurchasedo501 GIPp355780r2016-12-08t2w2016-12-08yBK