A Realist Philosophy of Science

by Jerrold L. Aronson

Book Overview

This book is about the nature of scientific theory. The central topicic of inquiry concerns how it is that theories are able to supply us with powerful and elegant explanations of puzzling phenomena that often confront the scientist and layman alike. It is argued that an answer to this question supplies us with an account of how theories achieve a variety of tasks such as the prediction and organization of data, including how they support a very important...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1349173800
• ISBN13: 9781349173808
• Release Date: January 1984
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 278 Pages
• Weight: 0.82 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.5"