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050		0	_aQ174.8 _b.G55 1993
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100	1		_aGillies, Donald. _d1944-
245	1	0	_aPhilosophy of science in the twentieth century : _bfour central themes / _cDonald Gillies.
260			_aOxford, UK ; _bBlackwell, _cc1993.
300			_axv, 251 p. : _c24 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [238]-244) and index.
505	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.
650		0	_aScience _xPhilosophy _xHistory _y20th century.
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